A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PLATE (ASSIETTE A PALMES)

This plate possibly corresponds with a service purchased by Marie Herbin, Madame Lair, a Parisian marchand-mercier between 15 June and 25 October 1761, which probably included pieces decorated during an earlier period. See D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, vol. II, p. 329. Also compare the very similarly decorated plates from this service in the collection of HRH Elizabeth II illustrated by G. de Bellaige, French Porcleain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2009, pp. 576-7, no. 139.