A Sèvres rouge pot, c.1770-80, one side decoration with a gilt inscription reading 'Rouge de Mlle

A Sèvres rouge pot, c.1770-80, one side decoration with a gilt inscription reading 'Rouge de Mlle Martin', the reverse with a spray of flowers including rose and forget-me-not, gilt dentil rim, blue interlaced Ls mark, 3.5cm high.

Provenance: the Judith Howard Collection. Formerly the Hector Binney Collection, Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 6th December 1989, lot 1113.

Mademoiselle Martin was not the first to develop a vegetal rouge, but she was the person who had the confidence of Marie Antoinette and as a result served only a few crowned heads of Europe and other ladies of the court.