P048 - SEVRES PURPLE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER

 

Gilt interlaced L’s and date letter qq for 1793, painter’s mark for Pierre-Joseph Rosset, gilder’s mark for Etienne Henry Le Guay

The rims painted with continuous pastoral landscapes, the purple ground with gilt floral sprays

Cup: 1 7/8 in. (4.6 cm) high

Saucer: 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm) diameter

 

LITERATURE

Cleo M. and G. Ryland Scott Jr., Antique Porcelain Digest, Newport, England, 1961, p. 195, plate 132, fig. 443.