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A SEVRES PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT CUP AND SAUCER OF LOUIS XVIII (TASSE JASMIN ET SOUCOUPE)
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A SEVRES PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT CUP AND SAUCER OF LOUIS XVIII (TASSE JASMIN ET SOUCOUPE)

DATED 1824, BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED L'S MARK ENCLOSING FLEUR DE LYS, GILDER'S MARK DG.4.FEV, GREEN-PAINTED GROUND-COLOR KILN MARK 24 TO ONE AND 9D"14 TO THE OTHER, THE CUP INCISED TT (FOR THE REPAREUR-GARNISSEUR CHARLES THEVENOT), T AND 46, THE SAUCER INCISED DC AMD VZ5

Closed18 April 2013

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT CUP AND SAUCER OF LOUIS XVIII (TASSE JASMIN ET SOUCOUPE)
DATED 1824, BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED L'S MARK ENCLOSING FLEUR DE LYS, GILDER'S MARK DG.4.FEV, GREEN-PAINTED GROUND-COLOR KILN MARK 24 TO ONE AND 9D"14 TO THE OTHER, THE CUP INCISED TT (FOR THE REPAREUR-GARNISSEUR CHARLES THEVENOT), T AND 46, THE SAUCER INCISED DC AMD VZ5
Finely painted after F. Géard with a bust-length portrait of the King in a frock coat with gold epaulettes and blue sash, replete with The Order of the Holy Ghost and the badge of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, within a chased gilt medallion and flanked by scrolling foliage, the saucer en suite
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) diameter (2)

Specialist note

See G. de Bellaigue, French Porcelain In The Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, Vol. II, 2009, p. 1033, cat. no. 296 for a chocolate cup painted with a similar portrait. Also see Fig. 296-4 for a related portrait engraving and cat no. 301.1-3 for the related Sèvres plaster models for a tasse Jasmin et soucoupe.