A Sèvres custard cup and cover (pot à jus nouveau) c.1798, painted by Mme Noualhier with sprays of pink roses and heartsease between black and gilt bands, black script Sèvres mark, gilt wear, a small chip to the cover, 7.7cm. (2) This custard cup is from a service for Joseph Fernandez Nunez, an Amsterdam merchant, for whom it was purchased on 3rd August 1798 by the dealer, Mme Lefebvre. The bulk of the service was sold at Phillip's, London on 11th September 1991, by a descendant of Nunez; another section had been sold on 24th July 1895 at Christie's by another descendant. Cf. David Peter's, Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Vol. V, no.98.4, where this pot à jus is mentioned as being in a private collection. Provenance: purchased in Devizes, c.1974.