A Sèvres Porcelain Cup and Saucer (Gobelet 'Litron' et sa Soucoupe, 3ème Grandeur)

Circa 1784

both bearing blue interlaced Ls with date letters gg below and painter’s mark of a stemmed flower for Bouchet to the right, further incised 26 to the cup and 45 to the saucer; the cup painted within a faux pear and emerald beaded surround with ships coming into a harbor and a blue forked flag flying at the right, the saucer with a ruin and a tree at the right of a riverscape, the border with alternate swags of pink roses and blue cornflowers suspended from vertical ‘stripes’ of entwined berried and gilt laurel, both with gilt dentil rims.
Height of cup 2 3/8 inches; diameter of saucer 4 3/4 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Ursula Riedi, Zurich (the saucer labeled)

Note:

The faux-jewelled surround enclosing the painted scenes is similar to decoration found on services made as gifts from Louis XVI to his queen, Marie Antoinette, and to King Gustave III of Sweden.

Jean Bouchet (active 1757-1793) is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in landscapes, animals, birds, figures and flowers and as a gilder.

A Sèvres Porcelain Cup and Saucer (Gobelet 'Litron' et sa Soucoupe, 3ème Grandeur)

A Sèvres Porcelain Cup and Saucer (Gobelet 'Litron' et sa Soucoupe, 3ème Grandeur)

**A Sèvres Porcelain Cup and Saucer (Gobelet 'Litron' et sa Soucoupe, 3ème Grandeur)**

**A Sèvres Porcelain Cup and Saucer (Gobelet 'Litron' et sa Soucoupe, 3ème Grandeur)**