A Vincennes cup and saucer
painted in camaieu pourpre with putti and amaretti at play in gardens on a ground of scattered flower-sprays within gilt dentil rims, blue interlaced L marks and script mark F, date letter B for 1754 (restored rim chip to cup, some scratches and wear to decoratioN)
See illustration (2)
Lot Essay
C.f. Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, pl.74, p.259, for a plate with similar decoration, which is dated to 1752-4