A PAIR OF PARIS (DIHL AND GUERHARD) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND COFFEE-CUPS AND SAUCERS

Beckford owned at least eight cups and saucers of this type, there are a further three in the collections of the Dukes of Hamilton, Lennoxlove, East Lothian and one in the British Museum (see A. Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 12994, no. 270, col. pl. 40).