Lot Essay
The acrostics on the cup can be read as 'Elle a mon coeur' and 'Il respire pour elle', those on the saucer are more problematic.
For other similar examples see the Collection of Dr. William P. Harbeson and sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 4 April 1998, lot 259 and Liana Paredes Arend, Svres Porcelain at Hillwood, Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, D.C., 1998, p. 56, fig 35.
Antoinette-Marie Noualhier, recorded at Svres as a painter of flowers and patterns, 1762-circa 1798.
Franois Mirey, recorded at Svres as a gilder, 1788-1792
For other similar examples see the Collection of Dr. William P. Harbeson and sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 4 April 1998, lot 259 and Liana Paredes Arend, Svres Porcelain at Hillwood, Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, D.C., 1998, p. 56, fig 35.
Antoinette-Marie Noualhier, recorded at Svres as a painter of flowers and patterns, 1762-circa 1798.
Franois Mirey, recorded at Svres as a gilder, 1788-1792