VINCENNES Lot n° 17

Exceptional Calabrian tumbler and saucer decorated in green monochrome with architecture (tower, bridge, etc.) in rural landscapes, a tree in the foreground, and gold filleting around the edges. The subjects were certainly inspired by the compositions of 17th-century Dutch artist Anthonie WATERLOO or engravings by Sébastien LE CLERC. Vert à Vincennes became known as Vert de Saxe. Interlaced LL mark in stitch. 18th century (tiny chip on the rim of the cup). Circa 1750-1752. Height of cup: 8 cm - Diameter of saucer: 14 cm Provenance : Maison DRAGESCO-CRAMOISAN, Paris. A similar cup and saucer, almost certainly by the same hand, are in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. 22623 A-B), as is a covered Calabrian sugar pot with a similar design in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (inv. C.47&A-1955). Together with the present model, these two objects remain the only known ones decorated in green monochrome, and were certainly part of the same lunch or tête à tête.