Sevres Porcelain Cup and Saucer with Bird Scenes
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A Sevres porcelain cup, cover and saucer (Gobelet a lait Couvert Et SA Soucupe), blue interlaced L mark with date letter F for 1758, painter's mark for Yvernel (fl.1750-58), the pink ground with gilt foliate bordered reserves painted with scenes of birds amidst foliage and shrubbery, the cup with flower finial, height of cup 7.5 cm, diameter of saucer 12.4 cm
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- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins. - Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
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