CIRCA 1769, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, THE CUP INCISED DD, THE SAUCER INDISTINCTLY INCISED IVJ

The present cup and saucer are likely from a small personal service similar to the example with a pierced tray in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. In their commentary on this bleu celéste pointillé déjeuner à tiroir, Roth and Le Corbeiller posit that the present cup and saucer may have belonged to the museum's service. Despite the fact that it has the same date letter and painter's mark, that the shape of the cup is completely different would seem to preclude this possibility. However, given its small size, it may well have been made for a similar set.