A SÈVRES CYLINDRICAL COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER, the olive-green ground gilt with dolphins flanking flowers, between oval medallions painted with pink roses within claret and gilt borders suspending rose garlands painted en grisaille on a white ground (minor rubbing to footrim of cup and centre of saucer, minute footrim chip to saucer), blue and purple interlaced L's mark enclosing date letters DD for 1781, painter's mark of a triangle for Cappelle, incised 36a to can and 36 to saucer

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A SÈVRES CYLINDRICAL COFFEE-CAN AND SAUCER, the olive-green ground gilt with dolphins flanking flowers, between oval medallions painted with pink roses within claret and gilt borders suspending rose garlands painted en grisaille on a white ground (minor rubbing to footrim of cup and centre of saucer, minute footrim chip to saucer), blue and purple interlaced L's mark enclosing date letters DD for 1781, painter's mark of a triangle for Cappelle, incised 36a to can and 36 to saucer

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Antoine Cappelle working at Vincennes and Sèvres 1745-1800

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