Lot 545
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A SEVRES (HARD-PASTE) PORCELAIN LILAC-GROUND OEIL-DE-PERDRIX COMMEMORATIVE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
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A SEVRES (HARD-PASTE) PORCELAIN LILAC-GROUND OEIL-DE-PERDRIX COMMEMORATIVE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED CROWNED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS DD FOR 1781, PAINTER'S ANCHOR MARK FOR BUTEUX L'AINE, UNIDENTIFIED R MARK, THE CUP INCISED NU

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A SEVRES (HARD-PASTE) PORCELAIN LILAC-GROUND OEIL-DE-PERDRIX COMMEMORATIVE CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
BLUE INTERLACED CROWNED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS DD FOR 1781, PAINTER'S ANCHOR MARK FOR BUTEUX L'AINE, UNIDENTIFIED R MARK, THE CUP INCISED NU
The cup painted with a crowned medallion enclosing a dolphin on a yellow ground above crossed laurel branches, the saucer with a military trophy and a banner inscribed with the motto SUNT PERICULA LUDUS, the ground reserved and painted with 'partridge eyes' (2)

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Lot Essay

The present cup and saucer was likely made to commemorate the birth of the Dauphin of France, first-born son to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette on 22 October 1781. The motto is that of the Light Horse company of the Dauphin, founded in 1663. It translates from the Latin as The Game is Dangerous.

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