A Vincennes two-handled cup with stand and cover... Lot 22

A Vincennes two-handled cup with stand and cover (gobelet à lait et soucoupe) date code for 1755-56, painted by Mutel with small figures in rural landscape panels within gilt foliate borders on a white ground, the saucer with gilt birds in flight to the well, blue interlaced Ls marks enclosing date letter C, and an early Sèvres butter dish stand, date code for 1757-58, the rim painted with panels of figures at rural pursuits including horse-riding and hunting, reserved within gilt floral borders on a pink ground (fond rose), damages, 20cm max. (4) Provenance: the cup formerly in the Hillingdon Collection. Purchased from Adrian Sassoon, 6th June 2003. The butter dish sold at Christie's, New York, 18th May 1989, property from an East Coast Institution, lot 215.