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Lot 169

Five Sèvres bleu-celeste-ground ice cups, circa 1776

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18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£5,000 - £8,000

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Five Sèvres bleu-celeste-ground ice cups, circa 1776

Each painted with a flower spray within a kidney-shaped reserve with gilt foliate and floral border, the scroll handles embellished in gilding, 6.5cm high (approx.), interlaced LL monograms enclosing (on four) date letter y, painter's marks cp for Antoine-Joseph Chappuis on four, one with painter's mark for Raux l'âiné (minor losses to gilding) (5)

Footnotes

See footnote to lot 170. Two ice cups of the same date and with the mark of Antoine-Joseph Chappuis (l'âiné) were sold from the Zieseniss Collection at Christie's Paris, 6 December 2001, lot 178.

Saleroom notices

One of the cups has two hairline cracks

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