A SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU NOUVEAU' 'JEWELED' CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET...
Each with flower-heads formed as 'rubies' surrounded by 'pearls' within gilt and 'pearl' bands, the lower body of the cup with green foil and raised gilt leaf-tips alternating with further 'pearls', gilt dentil rims
53⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) diameter, the saucer
Lot Essay
For a discussion of the technique of jeweling, in vogue for a very short time, partly due to the time and expense involved and the inherently fragile nature of the applied bosses, see R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988,vol.III, pp. 972-973; also A. Sassoon, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain - J.Paul Getty Museum Collection, Malibu, 1991, pp. 119-125.
Étienne-Henry Le Guay l'aîné is recorded as gilder specializing in friezes at the Vincennes and Sèvres manufactory from 1748 to 1749 and from 1751 to 1797.
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Each with flower-heads formed as 'rubies' surrounded by 'pearls' within gilt and 'pearl' bands, the lower body of the cup with green foil and raised gilt leaf-tips alternating with further 'pearls', gilt dentil rims
53⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) diameter, the saucer
Lot Essay
For a discussion of the technique of jeweling, in vogue for a very short time, partly due to the time and expense involved and the inherently fragile nature of the applied bosses, see R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988,vol.III, pp. 972-973; also A. Sassoon, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain - J.Paul Getty Museum Collection, Malibu, 1991, pp. 119-125.
Étienne-Henry Le Guay l'aîné is recorded as gilder specializing in friezes at the Vincennes and Sèvres manufactory from 1748 to 1749 and from 1751 to 1797.
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