Two Sèvres ice cups (tasses à glace) from the Guirlande de Barbeaux service c.1784-90, painted by Pierre Massy with garlands of cornflower and berried laurel entwined with narrow pink and blue lines, gilt dentil rims, blue interlaced Ls mark to one and date code for 1790, and another larger ice cup painted by Marie-Barbe Buteux with delicate flower swags, iron red script Sèvres mark, a filled chip to one foot, one handle a replacement, 6.3cm. (3) The Guirlande de Barbeaux service was ordered by Louis XVI on 11th May 1783 for use at Versailles. It was supplemented several times between 1784 and 1790. The dated cup in this lot was one of four sold at Christie's in 1989 which is believed to have come from the 1790 supplement. Cf. David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Vol. III, pp.663-665 for the original service, and Vol. IV pp. 911-912 for the 1790 supplement.