Tasse Litron And Its Soucoupe (3e Grandeur) In Sevres Hard Porcelain - Ep. XVIIIe

HARDcorcelain.

The cup and its matching saucer feature circular reserves with polychrome decoration of animated landscapes, depicting for the cup a riverside embellished with figures, architecture and trees in a hilly landscape, and for the saucer a lakeside landscape treated en suite. These reserves are framed by a wide gold fillet. The body of the cup and the wing of the saucer are covered in a rich deep kiln blue, enhanced by a large gold frieze composed of interlacing, scrolls, palmettes, florets and foliate motifs arranged in a continuous composition. Gold fillet borders.

Mark(s): Brush-painted in blue with interlaced double "L"
Decorator's mark: Rosset,
Gilder's mark: Boulanger,
Dimension(s): Cup Height. : 6 cm - Long. 7,7 cm - Souc. Diam. : 12,8 cm,
Condition(s) : VERY GOOD CONDITION - Tiny chip picked up at the top edge of the cup (Invisible to the eye),
Epoque : XVIIIth - LOUIS XVI - Letter date "EE" for 1782 ,
Observation(s) : Minimal wear from use.