Cup and saucer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1767
Materials
Porcelain, Gilt, Enamels
Measurements
4.5 cm (H)10.5 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Sèvres
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529551
Summary
Sèvres miniature cup and saucer set (‘gobelet litron) third size, painted with roses scattered on a ground of fine gold dots, marked with interlaced ‘L’s enclosing the date code ‘o’ for the year 1767, and the painter’s mark ‘…’ of Jean-Baptiste Tandart, in blue enamel on both.
Provenance
Claimed from the estate of Ralph Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne by his sister, Hon. Joane Dutton, 1985. By whom bequeathed to the National Trust for Hinton Ampner House, 1988.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , factory Jean Baptiste Tandart, painter