A Sèvres ice cup from the service of Madame du Barry c.1770-71, painted with stylized blue vases with flowers issuing, linked by further flower garlands, blue interlaced Ls mark, possibly some regilding, 6.5cm. This service of Petit vases et guirlandes is the fourth of several ordered for or by Madame du Barry and was probably intended for use at the château de Louveciennes, which had been gifted to the Comtesse by Louis XV in 1769. The design is believed to have been carried by Augustin de Saint-Aubin. The service included 28 tasses à glace at a cost of 24 livres each.