Sèvres, for the Comtesse d'Artois. - Lot 36

Sèvres, for the Comtesse d'Artois. Porcelain litron goblet and saucer with polychrome and gold decoration, from the service à frise riche en couleurs et riche en or delivered in 1789 to Marie-Thérèse, Comtesse d'Artois (1756-1805). Mark with two interlaced Ls in blue, with the letters MM for 1789, gilder's mark La France (under the saucer) and painter's mark Pi. H. 7.5 cm. D.: 13.5 cm, chips on the outer edge of the saucer. Five years after her sister-in-law, Queen Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Thérèse de Savoie, Comtesse d'Artois, Marie-Antoinette's sister-in-law, daughter of the King of Sardinia and wife of Charles-Philippe, Comte d'Artois, received a service rich in color and gold from the Manufacture de Sèvres. The 282 pieces were delivered to Versailles on June 27, 1789.