SÈVRES, AN EXTENSIVE PORCELAIN COMPOSITE DINNER-SERVICE, CIRCA 1758-1790

SÈVRES,AN EXTENSIVE PORCELAIN COMPOSITE DINNER-SERVICECIRCA 1758-1790Painted with loose bouquets of flowers within three types of blue border, one with a single blue line gilt at intervals with double gilt dash ornament, the second with blue line borders gilt at intervals with foliage and one piece with a blue feuilles de choux border, each with gilt dentil rims, comprising:Two two handled monteiths (seaux crénelés)Two two handled glass coolers (seaux à verre ordinaires)Twelve circular soup plates (assiette à potage)Seventy two lobed circular dinner-plates, moulded with foliage and bouquets at the borders (assiettes à bouquets)Seven lobed circular dinner plates, painted with blue foliage scrolls at the borders (assiettes à palmes)Twenty Six lobed circular dinner plates, the borders moulded with basket-weave ornament (assiettes à osier), one possibly French porcelain and possibly laterA two handled butter tub, domed cover and fixed circular stand (beurrier et plateau)Two shell shaped fruit dishes (compotier à coquille), one possibly French porcelain and possibly laterA square shaped fruit dish (compotier carré)A small quatrefoil oval sugar bowl stand (plateau de pot à sucre ovale à compartiments)Four small shaped oval dishes (plateau 'a raves')A circular dishTwo lobed circular dishes, one possibly French porcelain and possibly laterTwo shaped oval salts (salières simples)A sugar bowl, cover and fixed stand (sucrier de Monsieur le Premier)Two triangular trays with three fixed jam pots and covers (plateau à trois pots de confiture)A two handled lozenge shaped tray (plateau losange à anses)Three cups (gobelets Bouillard), one possibly French porcelain and possibly laterTwo saucers (soucoupes)A cup, smaller (gobelet Calabre)A saucer, smaller (soucoupe)Two conical sugar basins (pot à sucre du Roy), a pair of wine glass coolers and two small seauxInterlaced L cyphers enclosing date letters E, F, K, N, O, Q, P, S, T, U, W, X, Y, Z, AA, BB, CC, DD, II and NN, various painter's marks, various incised marksA very small number of pieces possibly French porcelain and laterProvenance:Sales:Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1997, lot 20Sotheby's, Paris, 'Collection of Baron de Redé, from the Hotel Lambert', 16-17 March 2005, lot 396 (a large portion of the service)Christie's, New York, Important European Furniture, Ceramics, Sculpture, Works of Art 21 October 2005, lots 14 (twelve of the assiettes à osier), 21 (two plateau à trois pots de confiture) and 29 (one seau crénelé)

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