Live Auction 2350500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets
A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU LAPIS CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'A LA REINE' ET SOUCOUPE)
Lot 483

A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU LAPIS CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'A LA REINE' ET SOUCOUPE)

CIRCA 1753, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK OF AN & TO THE SAUCER, BOTH INCISED 4

Closed22 October 2010

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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU LAPIS CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'A LA REINE' ET SOUCOUPE)
CIRCA 1753, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARK OF AN & TO THE SAUCER, BOTH INCISED 4
Painted with heart-shaped panels of birds in flight within gilt trellis borders entwined with rose vines, gilt dentil rims
6 3/8 in. (16.1 cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

Sir J.H. Plumb, Cambridge, no. 36.

Specialist note

The unidentfied 'ampersand' painter is recorded as specializing in birds at Vincennes from 1753-61. For a cup of the same form and very similar decoration, see Christie's, London, 9 July 2001, lot 149.