Blue Ground Jewelled Scenic Cup & Saucer

This is an amazing cup and saucer made by Sevres in 1758. Better known as a Gobelet litron . It is marked with the date letter F and the painter's mark of a set of musical notes for Chulot. The cup has a really nice scene to the front of a lady sitting in a landscape surrounding grabbing a cherub, that is holding a torch, by its arm. The scene on the saucer is a nice landscape. What makes this set though is that amazing cobalt blue ground color with the absolutely stunning "jewel" desocration on top. Gold trim to the edges. CHulot was active at Sevres from 1755 until 1800 - a crazy long time! This either means it is one of those pieces that had the original minor decoration cleared with acid and was then re-decorated or the it was later embellished with the jewels on gold foil backing. This was often done in the Limoges area and is known as jewelled porcelain. This must have happened after d1779 when jewelling was introduced at Sevres and was highly sought after! The jewel decoration is stunning and in amazing shape with just one with enamel piece missing on the saucer well edge that was colored in with white paint and is hard to spot. In as good a shape as they come! The gold trim along the top edges has a few worn spots to them. All in all the set displays superbly! The 'jewels' are raised enamel pieces that are attached to little thin pieces of gold and then fired onto the porcelain which makes for an amazing look! The porcelain itself is softpaste porcelain and it has the little holes for hanging in the kiln in the foot ring. Both pieces are marked with the interlaced double L mark in blue with the date letter F and artist mark as shown. A nice early set. The cup is 2.875 inches tall and 2.75 inches in diameter and the saucer is 1.5 inches tall and 5.5 inches in diameter. A superb large set! Please email me for more information or other pictures.