Online Auction 20673The Collector: English & European Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A MINIATURE SEVRES PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (TASSE A FLEUR D'ORANGER)
Lot 33The Augustus Collection of Important French and Continental Porcelain, Part I

A MINIATURE SEVRES PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (TASSE A FLEUR D'ORANGER)

CIRCA 1780, CROWNED GILT AND IRON-RED INTERLACED L'S MARKS

Closed5 April 2022

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A MINIATURE SEVRES PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND CUP AND SAUCER (TASSE A FLEUR D'ORANGER)
CIRCA 1780, CROWNED GILT AND IRON-RED INTERLACED L'S MARKS
In the Chinoiserie taste, painted with figures holding birds, fishing, and at other pursuits, the interior of the cup and the underside of the saucer enriched in gilding
3 1⁄4 in. (8 cm.) diameter, the saucer

Acquired from Dragesco - Cramoisan, Paris, 2012.

Specialist note

This unusual form was supposedly used to rinse out one's mouth during one's toilette.

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