Online Auction 20673The Collector: English & European Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A SEVRES PORCELAIN 'GROS BLEU' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Lot 27The Augustus Collection of Important French and Continental Porcelain, Part I

A SEVRES PORCELAIN 'GROS BLEU' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1775, PURPLE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, PAINTER'S MARK FOR C.-C. GERARD L'AINE, GILDER'S MARK FOR J.-P. BOULANGER

Closed5 April 2022

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USD 9,450

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN 'GROS BLEU' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1775, PURPLE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, PAINTER'S MARK FOR C.-C. GERARD L'AINE, GILDER'S MARK FOR J.-P. BOULANGER
The cup finely painted with two sailors hauling ropes within a delicately chased gilt surround, the saucer finely painted with two sailors seated quayside within a chased gilt roundel, each further adorned with rich gilt foliate scrollwork on the gros bleu ground
6 in. (15.3 cm.) diameter, the saucer

Specialist note

Jean-Pierre Boulanger is recorded as a gilder and painter of patterns at the manufactory from 1754 to 1785.

Claude-Charles Gérard is recorded as a painter of figures at the manufactory 1771 to 1825.

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