English and European Ceramics and Glass - 21st April 2015
Lot 232
A Sèvres ornithological coffee cup and saucer date code for 1763
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A Sèvres ornithological coffee cup and saucer date code for 1763, painted with a single bird perched beneath leafy autumnal branches, within gilded floral borders reserved on a rich green ground, interlaced LL marks and decorator's marks for Étienne Evans and Chabry, possibly later decorated, 13.2cm. (2)