A Vincennes Porcelain Cup & Saucer with faux Meissen marks, 1745-49
A Vincennes Cup & Saucer decorated in the Meissen manner with crossed swords mark, 1745-49.
Created at the Vincennes factory based on pieces of Meissen porcelain made in the preceding years which had been imported into France and were clearly seen by the French porcelain makers. There are a very small number of these pieces with the crossed-swords mark of the Meissen factory.
Height 6.5cm
Diameter 12.2cm
2063
On long-term loan from the collection of Adrian Sassoon (since 1999) to the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2018-2023