Two Sèvres cups and saucers c.1775-90, one of gobelet Bouillard form and gilded by Chauvaux l'aîné with interlocking wreaths of flowers and leaves in two shades of gold, the other a gobelet litron and decorated by Antoine Capelle with small trellis panels between gilt scrolls, two other Sèvres coffee cans decorated with gilt dots, the larger with a gilt scroll border, and a small milk jug (pot à lait à trois pieds) similarly decorated with gilt dots, blue interlaced Ls marks to some, minor faults, 14.2cm max. (7) The can with the scrollwork frieze is possibly part of a service ordered by Armand-Jules-François, duc de Polignac, Directeur-Général des Postes, whose wife was a close friend of Marie-Antoinette. The duc and his wife emigrated to England in 1789 at the behest of Louis XVI prior to the Revolution. Cf. David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Vol. III, pp.607-608 for a discussion on the sevice, which mentions this can.