A SÈVRES BLUE-GROUND CABINET CUP AND SAUCER (TASSE JASMIN À PIED CANNELÉ ET SOUCOUPE)

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A SÈVRES BLUE-GROUND CABINET CUP AND SAUCER (TASSE JASMIN À PIED CANNELÉ ET SOUCOUPE)
CIRCA 1820, BLUE PRINTED INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR-DE-LYS AND SEVRES, IRON-RED PRINTED SEVRES AND GILT QZ. D, INSCRIBED GREEN 10.011.12/C TO BOTH, THE CUP INCISED DC DZ H, THE SAUCER INCISED 116 2

The cup of flaring cylindrical form, richly painted in colours with a doe, stag and fawns within a fenced enclosure, named in gilt below 'Menagerie du Museum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris', the reverse gilt with scrolls enclosing rosettes and with a similar motif on a larger scale flanking the handle on the blue ground, the interior gilt; the saucer with a similar rinceau, the gilt metal replacement handle modelled as a coiled snake entwined with a vine
6 3/8in. (16.3cm.) diam. (2)