Tasse Gothique et soucoupe. Cylindrical cup with flared lip, tall gilt scrolling leafy handle with at its base a winged angel head in matt gilding. Flat saucer with flared lip. Bright blue ground, at the top of the cylindrical part of the cup and around the well of the saucer a Gothic tracery motif in darker blue with gilt highlights. On the flared lip a pale green ground with darker green palmettes with gilt highlights. Height of cup 8.2 cm, diameter of saucer 15.6 cm. Cup with printed interlaced L's mark with a fleur de lys, the word "Sevres" and two indistinct digits below. Saucer with printed black interlaced C's mark with the word "Sevres" and a fleur de lys, the two digits 25 for 1825. Both pieces bear a script mark in gilding "gu 24 mai". 1825.

This form of cup was designed in 1815 and probably owes its name to the angel at the bottom of the handle. It must have been thought appropriate for decoration in the Gothic style, as a number were produced with Gothic motifs. See for example the two in the Brongniart exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center (Bard Brongniart, pp. 356-357).

Stock Ref: WS 243

Price: £4,200