A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron) c.1773-1780, painted by François-Joseph Aloncle with a wolf caught in a trap beneath a gnarled tree, reserved within a gilt border on a white ground, the rim with panels of gilt diaper above leaf swags, crowned puce interlaced Ls mark enclosing date letter above painter's mark, gilder's mark for Vincent, a little gilt wear, 6.8cm. The decoration on this lot probably derives from La Fontaine's Fables.