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Porcelain cup and saucer with a dark blue ground decorated with panels painted with birds in polychrome and framed with floral wreaths in chased gold.

Cup and Saucer

1752/53

Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory French, founded 1740 (known as Sèvres from 1756) Painted by Yvernel (attributed to) (French, active 1750-58)

Vincennes

Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue ground, polychrome enamels, and gilding

Applied Arts of Europe