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Porcelain cup and saucer with a deep blue ground decorated with circular panels in sepia monochrome depicting a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the cup and trophies of America on the saucer, including a map inscribed ""Amerique"". Decorative panels are embraced with chased and gilded frame on cup and plain one on saucer. Rims are decorated with gilded borders of scrolls and wreaths.

Cup and Saucer with Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

c. 1780

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory French, founded 1740 Painted by Etienne-Charles Le Guay (French, 1762-1846)

Sèvres

Soft-paste porcelain, blue ground, and gilding

Applied Arts of Europe