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Cup and saucer
French (Sèvres)
1786
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
6.6 x 8.9 x 6.7 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1880a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPair (with 65.1881) of demi-tasse style cups and saucers (goblet litron et coucoupe). Yellow ground with sprays of red flowers in rows; Saucers with round reserves with flowers in urns; All reserves have blue ground.
Marks
Interlaced L's; date mark "ii". Tandart mark of three dots; gilder's mark "Vd", possibly for Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Vande fils in gold; incised "46". In gilt "cr" on three pieces
ProvenanceDuveen Brothers, New York; 20 September 1945, purchased by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.