P127 - SEVRES “JEWELED” TURQUOISE-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER

 

The porcelain 18th century, the decoration 19th century

Finely painted after Boucher with an amorous couple in landscape, the rim richly “jeweled” with faux rubies and pearls

8 in. (20.3 cm) diameter, 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) high.

 

LITERATURE

Cleo M. and G. Ryland Scott Jr., Antique Porcelain Digest, Newport, England, 1961, p. 195, plate 132, fig. 444.

 

EXHIBITION

On display in the “George Ryland Scott Collection” in The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from June 1955 until May 1960.