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A SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM A SERVICE MADE FOR MADAME DE POMPADOUR (ASSIETTE A GUIRLANDES)
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A SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM A SERVICE MADE FOR MADAME DE POMPADOUR (ASSIETTE A GUIRLANDES)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER D FOR 1756-7 AND UNATTRIBUTED PAINTER'S MARK OF A FOLIATE DEVICE

Closed24 October 2012

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM A SERVICE MADE FOR MADAME DE POMPADOUR (ASSIETTE A GUIRLANDES)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER D FOR 1756-7 AND UNATTRIBUTED PAINTER'S MARK OF A FOLIATE DEVICE
Painted in the center with a floral spray within a green ribbon border over flower garlands, within a molded and gilt foliate garland around the lobed rim
10 in. (25.1 cm.) diameter

Probably Madame de Pompadour, March 1758, acquired through Lazare Duvaux.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 October 2005, lot 18.

Specialist note

For a discussion of this service, see D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Service of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, vol. II, pp. 299-302.