Sèvres Porcelain
A French 18th Century Hard-Paste Sèvres Porcelain Cup & Saucer, 1778
H7.5 Dia.15.5cm
H.3 Dia.6 1/8in
H.3 Dia.6 1/8in
11187
GBP £ 14,500.00
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This large gobelet litron et soucoupe is of the 1st size and is decorated with a ground pattern of a pale blue ground with a rose trellis, and scenes with love trophies. These painted scenes are unusually elaborate and clearly intended to celebrate a romance with an arrow that has been fired through a flower garland and has hit the target of a large warm heart and a dove underneath which is a symbol of ever-lasting love.
Each piece has the factory mark of interlaced L's under a crown for hard paste, the date-letters AA for 1778, painter’s mark LB for Jean-Nicolas Le Bel (active 1766-93) and the gilder’s mark 2000 for Henry-François Vincent (active 1753-1806)