Cup and Saucer, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 to the present, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Short, cylindrical cup (a) with scroll handle; enamel and gilded decoration consisting of gilt dots picked out in black, on blue ground; large, central, gilt-bordered oval cartouch with spray of three tulip blooms (red/cream, yellow/red, purple/cream) tied with pink ribbon; narrow gilt bands at mouth and base. Saucer (b) with everted rim decorated en suite with cup, the circular well with spray of vari-colored, petalled flowers tied with yellow ribbon., France, 1787

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