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Lot 234
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
Price Realised
USD 2,000
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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.
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.