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Sèvres Cup and Saucer


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Dates 1765
Medium Porcelain
Origin France
Description Sèvres cup and saucer (Gobelet Bouillard et Soucoupe) painted with a broad border of harebell patterns and trailing flowers on a sablé-gilded ground. The harebells run spirally in two rows with clusters of flowers between and connecting to the trailing flowers. A circular undulating berried wreath completes this stunning decoration.


6cm High (Cup)

13.5cm Dia. (Saucer)

Charles-Louis Méreaud le jeune specialised in this unusual decoration during this period.

Examples of this extraordinary decoration can be seen at:

Wallace Collection
Hermitage Museum
Musée du Louvre