A Paris, Nast cup and saucer circa 1810

set on three claw feet, decorated with grotesque masques and ivy garland flanked by birds in gold and platinum, the serpent handle with a lion's head terminal, the rim and base with a milled relief (à la molette) decorated with matt gold, the flat saucer on three claw feet with similar decoration

One claw foot of cup has a miniscule narrow chip, or flake of gilding, lacking to the tips of two claws. Otherwise generally in good condition.
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For a discussion of the à la molette technique, see A.Dawson, French Porcelain, a Catalogue of the British Museum, p.369f., cat.no. 272., a comparable cup with a relief portrait of Napoléon is illustrated in R. de Plinval de Guillebon, plate LIII, fig.75.