A Sèvres custard cup and cover (pot à jus ordinaire) date code for 1760, painted probably by Nicolas-Laurent Petit with flowers flanked by chequered panels in blue, white and gilt, a Sèvres saucer (soucoupe) similarly decorated by C L Méreaud, and a small Sèvres can (gobelet litron) painted by François-Joseph Aloncle with a bird perched on a leafy branch, and with two floral panels between similar diaper panels, varying interlaced Ls marks enclosing date codes and above painter's marks, some damages and repairs, 13.5cm max. (4) Provenance: the gobelet litron a gift from Alvin on Valentine's Day, 1984 - a date that Judith notes was the day before Aloncle's 250th birthday. The blue and white chequers copy those of the house of Wittelsbach, and the Mannheim Hofservice of 1760 featured these panels around bird decoration similar to the can in this lot. The service was presented to Carl Theodor of Sulzbach, Elector Palinate on behalf of Louis XV, probably to promote good relations during the Seven Years War. Later additions were made by the Frankenthal factory.