A collection of cups and saucers

comprising a Meissen can and saucer painted with named views of Lohmen bei pirna and Der Liebethal bei Pirna, 1774-1814, underglaze blue crossed swords and star mark, a Sèvres hard paste saucer with chinoiseries by Etienne Charles Le Guay, 1778, with a matching Vienna cup, a Sèvres hard paste gilt-ground cup reserved with flower sprays by Nicholas Schradre, 1784, and a gilt-ground saucer, a Paris (Duc d'Angoulême) can and saucer with Apollo and Io in black monochrome, a Paris green-ground cup and saucer reserved with sprays of flowers, labelled in French "dans cette tasse Henri V prit son dernier thé le 15 juillet 1883",
and seven various Vienna cans and saucers, 18th -19th century:
- a trembleuse cup and saucer, 1786, painted with a green border and a gilt anthemion frieze, underglaze blue shield marks and impressed date codes 86
- a gilt-ground cup and saucer, 1816/17, painted with friezes of lillies of the valley, underglaze blue shield marks and impressed date codes 806 / 807
- a green-ground demi-tasse and saucer, impressed shield mark (cup), underglaze blue shield mark (saucer)
- a cobalt blue-ground cup painted with a bull and a ram, underglaze blue shield mark and impressed date code 809
- a gilt caillouté on a cobalt blue-ground cup and saucer reserved with sprays of flowers, underglaze blue shield marks
- a can and saucer, 1792/94 painted with radial blue and grey stripes, centred with a gilt rosette, underglaze blue shield marks and impressed date codes 92 / 94
- a café-au-lait-ground can and a saucer, 1809, painted with flower garlands and medallions, underglaze blue shield mark and impressed date code 809 on cup

Meissen can and saucer: good condition Sèvres chinoiseries cup: some wear to painting ; matching Vienna saucer: good condition Sèvres gilt ground cup: some wear and flaking to gilding ; matching saucer: some wear to gilding Paris cup and saucer: good condition Sèvres-style cup and saucer: chip to saucer Vienna trembleuse cup and saucer: flakings to green borders Vienna gilt ground and lillies of the valley cup and saucer: good condition Vienna demi-tasse: some wear to gilding Vienna blue cobalt cup and saucer: good condition Vienna blue and grey radial stripes: major wear to enamel Vienna gilt caillouté on cobalt blue-ground cup and saucer: chips and a crack to cup, some wear to gilding Vienna gilt ground cup and matching saucer: cup handle restored
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