a. or sb. attrib. [F., fem. of trembleur trembler; cf. Littré, ‘Trembleuse, tasse retenue dans sa soucoupe par une sorte de galerie.’] In trembleuse cup, a cup having a saucer with a ‘well,’ into which it fits so as to be kept from falling off.
1874. Daily News, 21 March, 5/4. Sale of rare old Sevres…. a Trembleuse cup and saucer, marbled in imitation of lapis lazuli, exhibited at Lincoln College, 1862, 79l. 13s. Ibid. (1883), 26 June, 3/1. Sale of … china … a gros bleu trembleuse cup and saucer, exotic birds, 95l.
1893. Auction Catal. Porcelain Cassiobury Park, 5. Old Sèvres Porcelain. 20. A Trembleuse Cup, Cover and Saucer.
1894. Times, 16 June, 7/6. A trembleuse cup and saucer, with landscape and trophies in medallions on white and gold ground.
