HAVILAND & CO, LIMOGES, circa 1890, - Lot 120

HAVILAND & CO, LIMOGES, circa 1890, Blue enameled porcelain coffee service decorated with silver and gold foliage, and overdecorated with gold lotus flowers. The handle takes the form of a stylized branch. Composed of fourteen cups and fourteen saucers monogrammed ACC for Albert CALMETTE. The cups marked in red "HAVILAND & Cie LIMOGES", the saucers monogrammed "M & D". Preserved in its shaped case, the lid monogrammed "AC". Height of cup: 6.2 cm. Under-cup diameter: 12 cm. Three chipped saucers. Two cups from the same service, one with a reattached handle. Notes : Albert Calmette, born July 12, 1863 in Nice and died October 29, 1933 in Paris, was a French military physician and bacteriologist. Between 1904 and 1928, he worked with veterinarian Camille Guérin to develop the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis.