Lot 942 Nα

A Sèvres soft paste porcelain cup and saucer.

A Sèvres soft paste porcelain cup and saucer. Cylindrical cup and saucer in the 3rd size. Round reserve of the cup with a depiction of a resting pilgrim, a still life with a pilgrim's staff and basket to the saucer, both on "bleu lapis" ground. Double-L mark, year mark cc and blue enamel painter's mark, incised marks. Minor flaking to the gilt edging. H of cup 6, diameter of saucer 12.4 cm.
1780, the gilding by Michel-Barnabé Chauvaux aîné, the cup probably painted by Louis-Gabriel Chulot, the saucer probably by Etienne-Henry Le Guay.