Beautiful French coffee can and saucer, of cylindrical form, finely painted with a portrait of Marie Antoinette surrounded by raised gilt work, the saucer decorated with objects and leaf and berry motifs, painted crossed L's to base (2)
- Coffee Can - A coffee can is a cup for holding coffee, but of a cylindrical shape rather than the waisted shape of traditional cups. They were in use at the end of the 18th century and in the early 19th century.
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