JEAN POUYAT – CUP AND SAUCER, CIRCA 1903-1912

CUP AND SAUCER, CIRCA 1903-1912
White porcelain with translucent polychrome enamels heightened with gold and decorated
with a bee and stylized flowers, the saucer with a design of flowering twigs
Marked on the reverse JPL France in chromium green thick pad color, surrounded by two green laurel branches and inscribed in gold Breveté pour la France et l’étranger/Jean Pouyat/Limoges
Extremely rare example of the highest quality of execution

Cup height: 7 cm
Saucer diameter: 13.5 cm

Bibliography
Edith Mannoni, Porcelaine de Limoges, Massin éditeur, nd, p. 104, for a cup and a saucer by Pouyat
Chefs-d’oeuvre de la porcelaine de Limoges, Musée du Luxembourg, 1996, p. 90, for another cup and a saucer by Pouyat