EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SÈVRES TENDER PORCELAIN GOBELET AND SOUCOUPE, DATED 1789 Polychrome decoration of birds after the Natural History of Birds by the Count of Buffon in reserves on a celestial blue background decorated with foliage and gold rosettes The birds are captioned in blue on the reverse: Femme du Rossignol de Muraille and Gorge bleue Marked: LL interlaced, letter-date MM for 1789, painter's mark Pierre Massy H. 6.3 cm (2 ½ in.) D. 13 cm (5 in.) A soft-paste Sevres porcelain cup and its saucer, 18th century, dated 1789, the painting by Pierre Massy