Each with flower-heads formed as 'rubies' surrounded by 'pearls' inside entertwined raised gilt garlands, all between further 'pearl' bands, the cup with a gilt band of berried laurel, the saucer with a central gilt flower-head medallion surrounded by a berried laurel
flori-form
5¹⁄₂ in. (14 cm.) diameter, the saucer

Lady Dorothy Neville (1826–1913).
Acquired from W.W. Warner Antiques, Brasted, Kent, 2017.

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Lot Essay

For a discussion of the technique of jeweling, in vogue for a very short time, partly due to the time and expense involved and the inherently fragile nature of the applied bosses, see R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988,vol.III, pp. 972-973; also A. Sassoon, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain - J.Paul Getty Museum Collection, Malibu, 1991, pp. 119-125.

Étienne-Henry Le Guay l'aîné is recorded as gilder specializing in friezes at the Vincennes and Sèvres manufactory from 1748 to 1749 and from 1751 to 1797.