Hunting Service Cup & Saucer

This is a superb and very rare cup and saucer made by Sevres in 1840. It is from the famous Service de Chasse Fontainebleau aka the Hunt or Hunting Service of King Louis Philippe of France. The set is superbly painted with an oakleaf and bird design on the rim with some medallion in between showing different small objects like weapons or instruments on red ground, etc. Lots of superb and fancy gilding throughout! This version of the Hunt service is rare and from what I could find out was never or at least much more rarely copied than the other version! It is quite rare to find these authentic Sevres pieces nowadays! The cup and saucer are in perfect condition with just a scratch to the underside of the saucer (and that is all it is!! not a hairline or a crack!!!). The saucer is 1.125 inches tall and just over 6 inches in diameter and the cup is 2.75 inches tall (including the handle) and 3.75 inches in diameter (without the handle). Both pieces are marked underneath with the blue interlaced LP mark as well as the red Chateau Fontainebleau mark, the gilders and artist mark initials and the usual incised marking that authentic Sevres porcelain from this period always has. They are hard to read but are there. Nice is also that this set is from the original service and not a later replacement piece which were made for many years afterwards! Please email me for more information or other pictures.