Teacup saucer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770 - 1772
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
4.75 in (Depth)
Place of origin
Sèvres
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Croft Castle, Herefordshire
NT 537836.22
Summary
Saucers (soucoupe) small size, one of ten, marked variously with ‘N’ in script for François-Joseph Aloncle (act.1758-81), a painter of birds, and interlaced L’s for Louis XV enclosing the date letter R and T for 1770 and 1772. One of ten saucers with finely painted exotic birds and flowers in oval panels, part of a forty nine piece Sevres tea service of bleu-de-roi ground, consisting of twelve tea bowls, nine cups with handles, ten saucers, twelve tea bowl saucers, teapot with cover, sucrier with cover and four plates.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer