A SET OF FIFTEEN SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BEAU BLEU' DESSERT PLATES FROM A SERVICE GIVEN BY CHARLES X TO SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, CIRCA 1823-25, MOST WITH BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED L'S OR C'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR-DE-LYS, THREE WITH INTERLACED C'S ENCLOSING AN X...
A SET OF FIFTEEN SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BEAU BLEU' DESSERT PLATES FROM A SERVICE GIVEN BY CHARLES X TO SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE
CIRCA 1823-25, MOST WITH BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED L'S OR C'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR-DE-LYS, THREE WITH INTERLACED C'S ENCLOSING AN X, VARIOUS GREEN, IRON-RED, GILT AND INCISED MARKS, THIRTEEN WITH PAINTER'S DT PROBABLY FOR G. DROUET, TWO WITH SS. PROBABLY FOR P.-A. SINSSON
Each center enameled in the style of Redouté with a bouquet, the edge of the cavetto gilt with a band of Vitruvian scroll, the dark blue border printed in platinum and gilt with a mosaïque pattern of flower-heads between undulating gilt bands
9 ¼ in. (23.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
A gift of King Charles X to Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., 1826.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1994, lot 92.
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A SET OF FIFTEEN SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BEAU BLEU' DESSERT PLATES FROM A SERVICE GIVEN BY CHARLES X TO SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE
CIRCA 1823-25, MOST WITH BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED L'S OR C'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR-DE-LYS, THREE WITH INTERLACED C'S ENCLOSING AN X, VARIOUS GREEN, IRON-RED, GILT AND INCISED MARKS, THIRTEEN WITH PAINTER'S DT PROBABLY FOR G. DROUET, TWO WITH SS. PROBABLY FOR P.-A. SINSSON
Each center enameled in the style of Redouté with a bouquet, the edge of the cavetto gilt with a band of Vitruvian scroll, the dark blue border printed in platinum and gilt with a mosaïque pattern of flower-heads between undulating gilt bands
9 ¼ in. (23.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
A gift of King Charles X to Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., 1826.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1994, lot 92.
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