CIRCA 1770, INCISED QUARTERED CIRCLE TO CUP AND S TO SAUCER
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A Sèvres coffee-cup and saucer (gobelet 'Calabre' et soucoupe)
Circa 1770, incised quartered circle to cup and S to saucer
With wide borders of claret and pink circular medallions, gilt with flowerheads and foliage joined by garlands of flowers and foliage on a pink and blue oeil-de-pedrix ground with pendant blue triangular panels gilt with lines and foliage, the lower part with swags of berried foliage pendant from a double purple band (slight rubbing to enamels in centre of saucer and glaze scratches to centre of saucer and interior of cup, slight rubbing to gilt rims, footrim to saucer ground)
Circa 1770, incised quartered circle to cup and S to saucer
With wide borders of claret and pink circular medallions, gilt with flowerheads and foliage joined by garlands of flowers and foliage on a pink and blue oeil-de-pedrix ground with pendant blue triangular panels gilt with lines and foliage, the lower part with swags of berried foliage pendant from a double purple band (slight rubbing to enamels in centre of saucer and glaze scratches to centre of saucer and interior of cup, slight rubbing to gilt rims, footrim to saucer ground)