Rare miniature *litron* cup and saucer in Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, known as a "mignonnette" (6th size).
The cup is finely decorated in polychrome with a landscape scene featuring a figure pulling two mules, set within a reserve; the saucer is decorated with rustic attributes in a medallion against a background featuring a blue line and gold garlands.
Mark: Interlaced LLs in blue, date letter DD for 1781, and the mark of the painter Vieillard (active at Sèvres from 1752 to 1790).
Saucer diameter: 8 cm - Cup height: 3.5 cm
Eighteenth century.
Excellent condition.
Ref: *Two Cups* – Geoffrey de Bellaigue – *French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen*, Vol. II, no. 221.
Additional information and photos available upon request.
Rare miniature *litron* cup and saucer in Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, known as a "mignonnette" (6th size).
The cup is finely decorated in polychrome with a landscape scene featuring a figure pulling two mules, set within a reserve; the saucer is decorated with rustic attributes in a medallion against a background featuring a blue line and gold garlands.
Mark: Interlaced LLs in blue, date letter DD for 1781, and the mark of the painter Vieillard (active at Sèvres from 1752 to 1790).
Saucer diameter: 8 cm - Cup height: 3.5 cm
Eighteenth century.
Excellent condition.
Ref: *Two Cups* – Geoffrey de Bellaigue – *French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen*, Vol. II, no. 221.
Additional information and photos available upon request.
