EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SÈVRES TENDER PORCELAIN TEA CUP AND SOUCOUPE, DATED 1788 Polychrome decoration of floral cassolettes, arabesques and garlands of flowers and foliage framing pansies, the rims decorated with strings of gold pearls on violet braids Marked : LL interlaced, letter-date LL for 1788, mark of the painter Cyprien Hirel de Choisy H. 4.5 cm (1 ¾ in.) D. 13 cm (5 in.) A soft-paste Sevres porcelain tea cup and its saucer, 18th century, dated 1788, the painting by Cyprien Hirel de Choisy