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Lot 143PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. BRUCE WILSON
A SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE 'SERVICE DE LA REINE'
CIRCA 1783, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER FF, PAINTER'S MARK FOR J.-J. PIERRE LE JEUNE, INCISED NUMBER 33
Closed18 June 2024
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USD 10,000–15,000
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Specialist note
In January 1784, Marie-Antoinette commissioned from Sèvres a sumptuous dinner service for her use at Versailles. However, upon its completion in May of that year, it was given instead by Louis XVI to Gustav III as a diplomatic gift commemorating the Swedish king's visit to France. Not to be long denied, Marie-Antoinette received her own service, in the exact same pattern and design and of the same composition plus an additional 24 large oval and round platters, on 26 August 1784. Five years later, a third service in the same pattern, described in the factory's records as '..décoration riche en couleurs et riche en or ...de la reine' was commissioned by Marie-Antoinette's sister-in-law, the comtesse d'Artois.
For a detailed discussion of the service, of its relation to those made for Marie-Antoinette and Gustav III, and of the current whereabouts of other components of the service, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, Vol. III, p. 707, nos. 84-5, 84-8 and 84-10, as well as Vol. IV, no. 89-3.
For a detailed discussion of the service, of its relation to those made for Marie-Antoinette and Gustav III, and of the current whereabouts of other components of the service, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, Vol. III, p. 707, nos. 84-5, 84-8 and 84-10, as well as Vol. IV, no. 89-3.