139 - SIX POLYCHROME PORCELAIN CUPS WITH SAUCERS, MANUFACTURED IN SÈVRES, 1793–1800 (6)

SIX POLYCHROME PORCELAIN CUPS WITH SAUCERS, MANUFACTURED IN SÈVRES, 1793–1800 (6) decorated with floral motifs arranged in bands; some wear; four cups with restorations, one with a chip on the foot, one saucer broken and repaired Manufacturer’s, decorator’s, and gilder’s marks Cup height: 8 cm, saucer diameter: 16 cm SIX SÈVRES PORCELAIN CUPS WITH SAUCERS, 1793–1800; SLIGHTLY WORN, FOUR CUPS WITH RESTORATIONS, ONE WITH LOSS IN THE FOOT, A SAUCER BROKEN AND REASSEMBLED (6) These cups, dating from the factory’s Republican period, bear the marks of the gilder Henri Marin Prevost III, active from 1757 to 1797, and other marks of unidentified decorators; the design and decorative style of these cups were also imitated by other contemporary manufacturers, foremost among them those in Paris (S. Eriksen, French Porcelains at Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1973, entry 94, p. 157).