A SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER FROM THE ASTURIES SERVICE (Gobelet litron et soucoupe), painted with landscape vignettes with figures and buildings within gilt line panels between the towers of Castille within oval gilt diaper and oeil-de-pedrix medallions linked by gilt berried laurel and foliage and entwined with garlands of pink roses, the saucer with pink rose and gilt CL monogram (crack to base of handle and slight rubbing to rim of can), blue interlaced L marks, date letters mm for 1789, painter's mark L. for Levé to can and gilder's mark HP for Prévost to the saucer, incised G and pa to can and C2 to saucer

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A SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER FROM THE ASTURIES SERVICE (Gobelet litron et soucoupe), painted with landscape vignettes with figures and buildings within gilt line panels between the towers of Castille within oval gilt diaper and oeil-de-pedrix medallions linked by gilt berried laurel and foliage and entwined with garlands of pink roses, the saucer with pink rose and gilt CL monogram (crack to base of handle and slight rubbing to rim of can), blue interlaced L marks, date letters mm for 1789, painter's mark L. for Levé to can and gilder's mark HP for Prévost to the saucer, incised G and pa to can and C2 to saucer

Lot Essay

This service was intended to be given by Louis XV to his grand daughter Louise of Parma, Princess of the Asturies in 1774. Due to Louis XV's death in this year it was subsequently given by Louis XVI and delivered in 1775. However, over the next fifteen years there were several more deliveries. The present example comes from the 1789 order delivered on 27 August to M.Godon horloger du roi de espagne, this order included 48 gobelet litron et soucoupe of the second size at 72 livres each and these pieces were fired between 25 May and 13 July

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