Live Auction 16185A Love Affair with France: The Elizabeth Stafford Collection
A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE CUP AND THREE SAUCERS
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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE CUP AND THREE SAUCERS

CIRCA 1745-55, TWO SAUCERS WITH INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A AND PAINTER’S MARKS FOR EITHER FRANÇOIS VAVASSEUR AINE OR VINCENT TAILLANDIER, THE CUP WITH L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER B AND PAINTER’S MARK FOR VAVASSEUR AINE

Closed1 November 2018

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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE CUP AND THREE SAUCERS
CIRCA 1745-55, TWO SAUCERS WITH INTERLACED L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A AND PAINTER’S MARKS FOR EITHER FRANÇOIS VAVASSEUR AINE OR VINCENT TAILLANDIER, THE CUP WITH L’S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER B AND PAINTER’S MARK FOR VAVASSEUR AINE
All painted with a small bouquet within a gilt cartouche of grasses and flowers; the cup known as a gobelet 'bouillard'
5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.) diameter, the largest saucer

With Armin B. Allen (the cup and larger saucer).
With Lévy-Lacaze, Paris, March 1972 (the two smaller saucers).

Specialist note

François le Vavasseur is recorded as a flower painter at the Sèvres manufactory from 1753-70 and 1772-76. Vincent Taillandier is recorded as a flower painter at the manufactory from 1753-90.