TWO 18th CENTURY SÈVRES TENDER PORCELAIN DESSERT DISHES, DATED 1792 Polychrome decoration of birds after the Histoire naturelle des oiseaux by the comte de Buffon, the blue wing decorated in gold with foliage and garlands of pearls. The birds are captioned in blue on the reverse: on one: La Belotte /. Yellow-breasted Warbler, Louisiana / Perch, Molucca / Manikor, New Guinea and on the other: The Charbonniere / Chickadee, Siberian / Red-breasted Woodpecker, Cayenne, Huped Chickadee, Cayenne Marked: LL interlaced, letter-date PP for 1792, mark of the painter Charles-Théodore Buteux, mark of the gilder Louis-François Lécot D. 21 cm (8 ¼ in.) Two soft-paste Sevres porcelain dessert plates, 18th century, dated 1792, the painting by Charles-Theodore Buteux, the gilding by Louis-François Lecot