Sèvres, Litron Cup And Saucer With Celestial Blue Ground, Louis XVI Style

SÈVRES, (signature??) Porcelain litre cup and saucer, with a sky-blue border and combed gold galon; the cup is decorated with a rectangular panel depicting a genre scene of a young woman filling a birdcage indoors; the saucer is centred and edged with panels featuring exotic birds and flowering branches.
France. Louis XVI style. Louis XVI period ???
H_ cm
Very good overall condition.

This type of decoration, combining an intimate genre scene inspired by Dutch or Fragonard-style art on the cup and polychrome birds based on Buffon’s illustrations on the saucer, illustrates the refined taste for rural and bucolic subjects that was in vogue during the second half of the 18th century.

Our piece follows in the tradition of fine cabinet porcelain, prized for the delicacy of its miniature painting and the brilliance of its iconic coloured backgrounds.