A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron) date code for 1785, decorated by Louis Antoine Le Grand or Etienne-Henri Le Guay with gilded birds in flight and perched on scrollwork beside trees and fountains, reserved on a bleu nouveau ground, gilt interlaced Ls mark enclosing date letters HH for 1785, above gilder's mark LG, 6.8cm. Cf. The Royal Collection, No. RCIN 39843 for a near identical example. Provenance: purchased from Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 23rd March 1989, lot 4125.