A Sèvres teabowl and saucer date code for 1767, finely painted by Pierre-Antoine Méreaud with garlands suspended from flowerhead roundels beneath a wide border of pink fronds, scallop shells and blue diaper ground, blue interlaced Ls mark enclosing the date letter O above painter's mark S, a repaired crack to the teabowl, 12.4cm. (2) Provenance: purchased from Klaber & Klaber, 24th July 1987.