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

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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.

Note du spécialiste

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