A SEVRES CUP AND SAUCER, AND A CUP, COVER AND STAND, 1777 AND 1791 |

the first, gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé, of the first size, painted with cartouches of birds in landscapes reserved on a bleu nouveau ground gilt with rinceaux above floral swags and a band of meandering interlaced myrtle, interlaced LL marks in blue enclosing date letter Z for 1777, painter's mark N for François-Joseph Aloncle (active as a painter from 1758-81), gilder's mark for Michel-Barnabé Chauvaux l'aîné (active 1752-88); the other gobelet 'bouillard' et soucoupe, of the first size, similarly painted with birds reserved on a bleu nouveau ground, interlaced LL mark in blue enclosing date letters OO for 1791, painter's mark for Étienne Evans (active 1752-1806), the cup with gilder’s marks for Etienne-Gabriel Girard (active 1762-1800), the saucer with gilder's mark for Henri-Martin Prévost (active 1757-1797)