https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/1594/fullTea service (déjeuner)1786Sèvres Porcelain ManufactoryDenis LevéOverall: 3.1 x 22.3 x 24.7 cm (1 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (10.8 x 14 x 7.9 cm)
Overall: 4 x 4 1/8 in. (10.2 x 10.5 cm)
Overall: 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (9.9 x 8.2 cm)
Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 in. (6 x 7.6 cm)soft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Sèvres, Île-de-France, FranceG83.1.1077.1-80A Sèvres yellow ground solitaire, painted with sienna-coloured urns and flowerheads surrounded by scrolls, branched and perched birds within bells and single-line borders. The white rims are similarly decorated in colures between gilt lines and dentil borders:
A shaped octagonal tray with perforated handles
A teapot and cover
A creamer
A sugar bowl and cover
A cylindrical cup and saucer18th Century European PorcelainFrench PorcelainVincennes/Sevres[]European CeramicsFrench Porcelain182065886FrenchLouis XV (1715-1744)Interlaced L’s enclosing a date letter "ii" for 1786, painter’s mark "L" for Denis Levé (active 1754-93 and later) in overglaze purple enamel