A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron) of the 3rd size. Floral decoration. c.1766.

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A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron) of the 3rd size. Floral decoration. c.1766.Description. Formerly in the collection of Dinah Reynolds, author of 'Worcester Porcelain, 1751 1783, a lovely Svres gobelet litron (coffee can) of the third size, painted with a loose floral bouquet and small floral sprays. Dentil gilt rim. Handle shape is illustrated in cat 197 of Geoffrey de Bellaigue's 'French Porcelain in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen". Interlaced LLs with date mark 'N' for 1766. Unattributed painter's mark 'V'. Incised

Saucer– 14 cm in diameter

and by way of example

the prints being after original paintings by Samuel le Clerc II (1676-1763) and a series of mezzotints by Richard Purcell

No other evident restoration

It doesn't look very pretty

5" in height

He eventually reached 54 livres (he had been earning that some for a few years in 1776)

Twig-form applied handles

6" in height

Dating the item is also difficult

but attractive

with a magnificent botanical study of "Early Flowering Blue Phlox"