Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2605BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 14, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Eleven Assorted Sevres Cups and Saucers, France, 19th century, five Chateau des Tuileries pattern: four with blue ground and the other with yellow; a pair with portrait medallions on blue ground; and four of various motifs, all with gilt decoration and marked to base, ht. to 3 1/4, dia. to 5 in.
Estimate $500-700
Cup with female portrait with 3/4 in. hairline crack extending downward from rim. One blue Tuileries saucer with two tiny chips to foot rim. Another blue Tuileries saucer with 1/4 in. chip to rim. Yellow Tuileries cup with a 1/4 in. chip to rim. All with scattered loss and wear to enamel and gilt.