STYLE: Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics

A Sèvres two-handled cup, 1812

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

November 13, 04:38 PM GMT

Estimate

3,500 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Sèvres two-handled cup

1812

coupe `hémisphérique à bouillon', with richly-gilt reeded strap handles, the body printed and painted with two battle scenes within tapering rectangular gilt panels, the bowl gilt to the interior with a border of stylised flowers and spearheads, supported by a spreading stem and circular foot, spencilled red Sevres/1812 mark, incised L and DC, paper labels including factory label

19.2cm, 7⅝ in wide, 13cm., 5 ⅛ in high

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The present cup appears to be the example (with stand) which entered the factory showroom on 25th March 1813 described as « fond vert sujet de figures imprimé avec assiette pour plateau carte géographique de France imprimé au milieu à 120 francs» (register Vv1, f° 2). There is only one cup at 120 francs that appears on the resister of sales paid in cash, delivered in September 1815 to Mr Gally Knight (register Vz-1), member of the UK Parlement 1814-1815.

The paper labels suggest the cup depicts Charles Martel, a Frankish knight renowned for his defeat of a Saracen force at Tours in 732. The 19th century saw important figures from early French and medeival history represented in fine and decorative arts. This example from 1812 is a particularly early use of this revival in an era where the prevailing taste was for classicism and the Egyptian taste.