LOT 249 A rare Sèvres coffee can and saucer (gobelet litro…
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A rare Sèvres coffee can and saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe) c.1781, commemorating the birth of the Dauphin, decorated with gilt dolphin motifs and gilt coronets around pink roses and a narrow pale green pointillé border, blue interlaced Ls marks above unrecorded painter's mark, 13.5cm. (2) Provenance: purchased from J & B Antiques, 13th December 1994. The decoration on the present cup and saucer relate directly to the birth of Louis-Joseph Xavier François, 26th Dauphin of France. Born 22 October 1781 as the heir to the French throne, he died just before his eighth birthday on 4 June 1789. Cf. Christie's, New York, 21st November 2008, lot 191 for a similar cup and saucer with a faux pink marble ground.
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