https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/1597/fullCup and saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe)1786Sèvres Porcelain ManufactoryJean-Baptiste TandartPierre-Jean-Baptiste VandéOverall (G83.1.1080.1-2): 7 x 6.7 x 9.2 cm (2 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)soft-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Sèvres, Île-de-France, FranceG83.1.1080.1-20Sèvres coffee can and saucer with a scroll handle heightened in gilt, resting on a deep circular saucer with flaring sides. The coffee can is decorated in the front with an oval reserve enframed within a purple and gilt band enclosing a brown and yellow vase filled with colourful arrangement of garden flowers. It is resting on a greyish-white stone ledge, all against a blue ground. The cavetto of the saucer is decorated with a bouquet of mixed garden flowers and fruits. The remaining ground of each piece coloured 'jaune Jonquille' (Daffodil yellow) with sprigs of iron- red flowers and green leaves. The rims of the coffee can and saucer both having purple and gilt bands.18th Century European PorcelainFrench PorcelainVincennes/Sevres[]European CeramicsFrench Porcelain182305889FrenchLouis XVI (1644-1791)Interlaced L’s enclosing date letters "ii" for 1786 above painter’s mark "..." for Jean-Baptiste Tandart (1754-1800) in overglaze blue enamel; gilder’s mark "VD" Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Vandé (active 1779-1824) for in gold