A VINCENNES PORCELAIN CUP AND A SAUCER (GOBELET A CERCEAUX ET SA SOUCOUPE)
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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN CUP AND A SAUCER (GOBELET A CERCEAUX ET SA SOUCOUPE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A FOR 1753-54, PAINTER'S MARK FOR VAVASSEUR TO THE CUP AND B FOR AN UNKNOWN FLOWER PAINTER TO THE SAUCER

Closed20 October 2011

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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN CUP AND A SAUCER (GOBELET A CERCEAUX ET SA SOUCOUPE)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A FOR 1753-54, PAINTER'S MARK FOR VAVASSEUR TO THE CUP AND B FOR AN UNKNOWN FLOWER PAINTER TO THE SAUCER
Painted with scattered bouquets between paired molded bands enriched in blue-line and gilt-dash decoration (2)

Specialist note

François le Vavasseur is recorded as a painter of flowers at Vincennes and Sèvres from 1753-70 and 1772-76.

Cups of this form painted with flowers are listed as having sold for 12 livres. See T. Préaud, ed., Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres, Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 1977, pp. 108-109 for a discussion of the model.