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Sèvres Two Handled Tall Cup
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Print Details
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This item has been sold
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Dates
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1792
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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France
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Description
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Rare Sèvres large two handled tall cup ‘gobelet cornet’ painted with bands of a brown ground with a finely gilded pattern and continuous rural scenes. Date letter pp for 1792.
Painted by Pierre-Joseph Rosset (1753-99) (painter of flowers landscapes & patterns) Gilded by Jean Chauvaux (1764-1800) (gilder and painter of patterns)
The shape of this cup is from the designs for Marie Antoinette’s dairy at Rambouillet.
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Literature
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Selma Schwartz, The French Royal Porcelain Sèvres The Marton Museum collection, Samabor Collection, for a cup and saucer. p.236
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Provenance
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English Private Collection
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