LOT 77 A pair of Sèvres ice cups (tasses à glace) date co…
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A pair of Sèvres ice cups (tasses à glace) date codes for 1782, painted by Antoine-Toussaint Cornailles with panels of flowers reserved within gilt foliate and ribbon borders on a green ground (fond vert), and a similar ice cup with date code for 1765, also decorated with a spray of flowers within a gilt scroll panel on a green ground, blue and black interlaced Ls marks enclosing date letters, painter's marks, a chip to one foot, 6.6cm. (3) The pair of ice cups are from a diplomatic gift of a service from Louis XVI to Prince Henry of Prussia (brother of Frederick the Great). A group of 14 ice cups are recorded in the Artists' Ledger against Cornailles name on 1st May 1782. The single ice cup is possibly part of a service ordered by Claude Bonnet (payeur des rentes, for the Court of Parma). Two identical ice cups are in the Royal Collection, No. RCIN 73232.
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