A Sèvres part-déjeuner, circa 1760

finely painted with vignettes of birds in landscapes, comprising two cups and saucers, gobelet 'Hébert' et soucoupe, and an oval shaped tray, probably plateau déjeuner 'Hébert', the tray with a large scene of a cockerel escaping a cage, surrounded by five flying birds at the rim, gilt-dentil rims, interlaced LL marks in blue containing date letter G for 1760, painter's mark N for François-Joseph Aloncle (active as a painter of birds, animals and landscapes from 1758-81), the tray with incised BP mark attributed to répareur Baptiste Paris (active 1754-64), the saucers with incised numeral 3, the cups with numeral 2,

One cup is lacking a handle, and a shallow chip to underside edge of footrim of tray. Otherwise in generally good condition, very minor typical scattered surface scratching consistent with age. The tray has traces of a firing flaw to painted scene.
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