Description
In addition to having sprays of flowers painted in blue, these pieces are decorated with raised prunus blossoms. The molded decoration could have been inspired either by a Chinese prototype or by a Meissen copy of a Chinese ware.
Provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Inscriptions
[Factory Mark] On cup and saucer: Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter on cup: e (1757); Letter on saucer: F (1758); [Decorator's Mark] On cup: F (Fontaine); On saucer: H and Y (Houry and Fouré)
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters