A Sèvres coffee can and saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe) date code for 1782, decorated by Jean-Jacques Dieu with panels of gilt figures on a claret ground, one side with a boy crying beside a girl with flowers, the reverse with a Classical maiden holding a tray before another seated, the saucer with similar panels of victory and love motifs, all linked by garlands of pink roses, all reserved on a bright green ground, crowned blue interlaced Ls marks flanked by date letters EE above painter's mark, a short crack to the cup, some gilt wear, 12.4cm. (2) Provenance: Zene Walker, Burford, 23rd September 1989.