"Cup And Saucer In Tournai Porcelain, Decor In Purple Camaieu Landscape. Marked, 18th"
Cups and saucers in soft porcelain from Tournai with landscape decoration with characters in purple monochrome supported by a gold terrace.Mark with crossed swords with three gold crosslets, second period 1763-1781. Service attributed to the painter Duvivier*.
Second half of the 18th century.
H. cup: 7 cm; D. saucer: 14.4 cm. Wear of the gold net visible.
Cf. Christian Deroubaix, Tounai porcelain from the Mariemont Museum, n° 223, 227 and 229 pages 118 and 119 and plates 25 and 4, Zd. domaine de Mariemont (Belgium) 1958, for similar decorations.
* The three crossettes of the mark would indicate that the artist Duvivier was part of a Masonic lodge.
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