A collection of 12 cups and 14 saucers, circa 1900

comprising a blue-ground Sèvres cup and saucer, a Paris can and saucer, gilt with flower trellis, a Paris can and saucer with green and gilt bands, a can with swags of flowers and a pink-groun saucer, a set of seven teacups and saucers, each enamelled with a coat-of-arms within a band of folliate swags, AB monogram marks, and a cup and three saucers painted with flower sprays in Sèvres style

Sevres blue ground cup and saucer: some wear to gilding, saucer with shallow chip to inner rim, approx. 1in by 1/2 in. Paris can: shallow chip to rim. ond of the Sevres style saucers with a rim chip, another quite rubbed. Limoges coffee can and saucer: handle repaired, some wear to gilding.
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