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AN ASSEMBLED SEVRES PORCELAIN PART SERVICE
Lot 26

AN ASSEMBLED SEVRES PORCELAIN PART SERVICE

MOSTLY SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

Closed24 October 2012

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USD 20,000

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AN ASSEMBLED SEVRES PORCELAIN PART SERVICE
MOSTLY SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Painted with loose bouquets within blue-line-and-gilt-dash-borders, comprising:
Two lobed oval serving dishes (compotiers ovale)
Two butter tubs and two covers on fixed stands (beurriers)
Fourteen soup plates (assiettes à potage)
Eighteen dinner plates (assiettes unies)
Two lobed bowls (jattes)
Four shaped oval dishes (compotiers ovale)
Four lobed circular dishes (compotiers rond)
Four shell-shaped dishes (compotiers 'coquille')
Three shaped square dishes (compotiers carré)
Two lobed oval sugar bowls and two covers on fixed stands (sucriers de M. Le Premier)
A shaped oval bottle cooler with pierced strainer (seau ovale à liqueur)
Five ice cups (tasses à glasse)
Ten lobed dessert plates (assiettes unies)

Together with:
A feuille de choux salad bowl similary decorated (jatte à feuilles-de-choux)
Two feuille de choux lobed ice cup stands (soucoupes à pied) Six feuille de choux ice cream cups (tasses à glasse) (85)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London,
2 December 2003, lot 69 (a large portion of the lot).
The Property of a Lady of Title; Christie's, London, 14 June 1994, lots 97 and 109 (the ice cups and stands).

Specialist note

This type of decoration - scattered floral sprays with either blue feather or blue line rims, was a staple at the manufactory and, as the dates on these pieces indicate, was utilized for decades.