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Lot 150 PROPERTY OF THE FRESCOBALDI FAMILY
A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN DARK BLUE-GROUND TEA-SERVICE
CIRCA 1810, RED STENCILLED M.IMP.LE DE SEVRES 10 MARK, GREEN PAINTED D 8 KILN MARKS, VARIOUS GILT SCRIPT GILDER'S MARKS AND INCISED MARKS
Closed13 September 2018
Price Realised
GBP 6,875
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Specialist note
In 1863 Marquise Leonia degli Albizi, the last heiress of an ancient Florentine family, married Marquis Angelo Frescobaldi in Florence.
Leonia (1834-1925) was born in Auxerre, into a branch of the family exiled in the 16th century by the Medici family. The present service is part of the dowry Leonia gave to her husband, Angelo.
The Sèvres archives record a 'Cabaret fond bleu fleurs' on the 6 June 1810 (Vul, fol. 94), with corresponding components to the present lot. This was ordered by the Emperor Napoleon and delivered to the comte de Montesquiou, Grand Chamberlain of France, for Mme Albizzi, see Camille Leprince et al., Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres, L’art de la Porcelaine au service de l’Empire, Paris, 2016, p. 322, no. 80.
Leonia (1834-1925) was born in Auxerre, into a branch of the family exiled in the 16th century by the Medici family. The present service is part of the dowry Leonia gave to her husband, Angelo.
The Sèvres archives record a 'Cabaret fond bleu fleurs' on the 6 June 1810 (Vul, fol. 94), with corresponding components to the present lot. This was ordered by the Emperor Napoleon and delivered to the comte de Montesquiou, Grand Chamberlain of France, for Mme Albizzi, see Camille Leprince et al., Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres, L’art de la Porcelaine au service de l’Empire, Paris, 2016, p. 322, no. 80.