A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron) of the 4th size. Floral decoration. c.1770.

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A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron) of the 4th size. Floral decoration. c.1770.Description. A lovely Svres gobelet litron (coffee can) of the fourth size, painted with a loose floral bouquet and small floral sprays. Dentil gilt rim. Handle shape is illustrated in cat. 198 of Geoffrey de Bellaigue's 'French Porcelain in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen". Interlaced LLs, with illegible date mark. The painter's mark is also nearly illegible, but the second letter appears to be a J. The first letter is indecipherable. In

between the English equivalent

hand-painted with iron-red and green enamels

A Hamilton-fluted pattern number u664 (using Pat Preller's code for unidentified pattern numbers) cup and saucer

but would estimate it to be c1770

during the period before the company started painting flowers in the naturalistic (Meissen-influenced) style

Arcaded reticulations to the rim and basketweave inner border

Faux Meissen crossed sword marks to the reverse

deep saucer

15cm in diameter

but left for London in around 1817

A very fine earthenware figure

John continued the James Pennington design