A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'MOSS AGATE' GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR), CIRCA 1788, GILT INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL, GILDER'S MARK FOR L.-F. L'ECOT, THE CUP INCISED PFE T C.G, THE SAUCER INCISED CD AND RN

A SEVRES BLEU NOUVEAU 'MOSS AGATE' GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1788, GILT INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER LL, GILDER'S MARK FOR L.-F. L'ECOT, THE CUP INCISED PFE T C.G, THE SAUCER INCISED CD AND RN
Painted in resist with Chinoiserie panels of figures with tame birds alternate with ribbon-tied flower garlands, a band of gilt vine at the rim
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) diameter, the saucer

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Monaco, 16 June 1990, lot 83.
Property belonging to Joseph and Laverne Schieszler; Christie's, New York, 17-18 November 1999, lot 264.