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135. Two Sèvres coffee cans and saucers (gobelets litrons et soucoupes), date codes for 1769 and 1785, the earlier can painted by Louis-Jean Thévenet with panels of rose garlands between a berried leaf band and a pink ribbon entwined with gilt foliage, the later by Michel-Gabriel Commelin with small panels reserved on a ground of small flower sprigs and narrow garlands, and a coffee cup (gobelet convert) painted by Pierre-Antoine Méreaud with flower swags suspended from a panelled border in blue and puce, interlaced Ls marks enclosing various date codes and painter’s marks, some damages, 12.3cm max. (5) £150-250 Provenance: acquired in Gray’s Antiques Market, March 1986, and from Klaber & Klaber, 27th February 1987.
136. Two Sèvres small coffee cans and saucers (gobelets litron et soucoupes), c.177080, one painted with panels of oeil de perdrix around a central floral arrangement within scrolling green borders, the other with crossing pink and blue ribbons enclosing gilt trellis work and crossed flower garlands, interlaced Ls marks one enclosing date letter R for 1770, one saucer cracked, some peppering, 10.7cm. (4) £250-350 Provenance: the first can and saucer purchased from Klaber & Klaber, 21st April 1988; the second from Christie’s, 16th June 1995, lot 413.
137. Two Sèvres cups and saucers (gobelets bouillard et soucoupes), date codes for 1757 and 1768, the earlier cup and saucer decorated by Jean-Baptiste Tandart with spiralling stripes of polychrome flowers alternating with gilt foliate tendrils on bleu lapis bands, the other painted probably by Freta with a band of pink roses reserved on a blue pointillé ground, above an undulating band of berried leaves, blue interlaced Ls marks enclosing date codes above painter’s marks, the first cup broken and restuck, 14cm max. (4) £400-600 The ca painter’s mark has been attributed by David Peters to Freta, who is listed in the piecework lists for 1767/68 as decorating teawares with “bordures de rozes sablés en bleu”, matching the cup and saucer in this lot.
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