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Lot 218

A Sèvres ice cream cup from the 'service Tourton', circa 1785

5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,000

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A Sèvres ice cream cup from the 'service Tourton', circa 1785

Tasse à glace, painted with alternating roses and purple cornflowers between two horizontal blue lines entwined and divided by gilt foliate garlands, above another blue line encircled by a gilt foliate border, gilt rims, interlaced LL monogram in blue with date letter hh and painter's mark for Mme Taillandier, gilder's mark for Boileau (le jeune), incised marks

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Provenance:
European Private Collection

The dessert service, called 'service Tourton', was purchased by Messieurs Tourton and Ravel, Paris banquiers, on 12 October 1785, together with a dinner service of 'petits Pois verds' decoration. For a full discussion of the service, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005),85-5, III, pp. 753f.

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