Locre La Courtille Hand Painted Flowers & Gold Demitasse Cup & Saucer C1773-1824

  
Nice late 18th / early 19th century French porcelain demitasse cup and saucer. Decorated with hand painted small flowers in pink, blue and orange. With gold laurel leaves and gold scalllops along the edge. Unmarked, but identical in form to cups marked with the blue crossed arrow / torch mark used by Jean-Baptiste Locre near Paris at La Courtille, France. Has some wear to the gilding. The cup has a bruise to the inside of the lip with an associated tight crack extending almost to the foot rim opposite the handle and a small tight crack to the lip in front of the handle. The cup measures approximately 2 7/8 inches wide including the handle x 2 inches tall. The saucer measures approximately 4 1/8 inches wide. This is an antique and may have small in manufacture defects that do not effect the display of the piece.

This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Decorative Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware\Cup & Saucers". The seller is "ladyindecadence" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Production Technique: Pottery
• Country/Region of Manufacture: France
• Style: Georgian
• Custom Bundle: No
• Material: Porcelain
• Type: Coffee Cup & Saucer
• Color: Multi-Color
• Vintage: Yes
• MPN: Antique
• Origin: La Courtille
• Brand: Jean Baptiste Locre
• Production Style: Art Pottery
• Time Period Manufactured: 1800-1849
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Object Type: Coffee Cup & Saucer