A French Bleu Celeste coffee service with marks of Sevres, 19th century, bearing various dates including 1764 and 1779, signed A. Daret, a near set comprising: six cups, five saucers, a teapot, covered sugar basin and creamer, finely decorated with gilt paste decorations and tooled cartouches enclosing handpainted floral bouquets and romantic scenes after Fragonard; with painted blue crossed 'L' marks underside, decorator's marks 'S...', height 13.5 cm, (coffee pot)