A SEVRES 'JEWELLED' GOLD AND PALE LILAC-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER

BLUE PRINTED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR-DE-LYS AND SEVRES MARK, GILDER'S MD 8 XBRE TO THE CUP AND INCISED DC H, THE SAUCER INCISED 8D, 1814-1824

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A SEVRES 'JEWELLED' GOLD AND PALE LILAC-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER
BLUE PRINTED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR-DE-LYS AND SEVRES MARK, GILDER'S MD 8 XBRE TO THE CUP AND INCISED DC H, THE SAUCER INCISED 8D, 1814-1824
Painted on the gold ground with faux faceted jewels in gilt bezels and faux-pearl surrounds and en grisaille with putti at leisure pursuits on a faux lapis ground, these linked with burnished gilt chains on the matte gold ground, edged with faux pearls on the lavender ground painted with a band of faux ruby cabochons and gilt scrolls centering other 'jewels', the interior of the cup burnished gold
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high, the cup; 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

拍品专文

See Tamara Préaud, et al., The Sèvres Manufactury, Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847, Exhibition Catalogue, The Bard Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, 1997, no. 38 for a gouache and pencil on paper study for cup decoration, the twelve cups all of the same form as the present example.