SÈVRES Two hard porcelain plates decorated in the center with...
SÈVRES Two hard porcelain plates decorated in the center with antique cameo profiles in medallions with a nankin background surrounded by palmettes in purple and green, the wing with a pale blue background decorated with garlands of foliage and pearls. The legendary profiles: Africa and Pompey. Marked : LL interlaced, fleur-de-lis, Sèvres 21. Restoration period, 1821. D. 23.5 cm. Provenance: These two plates are part of the service "pale blue background, coloured ornaments, camayeux heads", which entered the Sèvres manufactory's shop in December 1822 and was delivered on 25 March 1826 by order of the Viscount of La Rochefoucault to the "Viscount of Marcellus, Extraordinary Envoy, Minister Plenipotentiary of H.M. Most Christian near H.R.H. the Du of Lucca". Lodoïs de Martin du Tyrac de Marcellus (1795-1861) led a career as a diplomat, which was decisive in ensuring the security of the arrival in France of the Venus de Milo in 1820 when he served in the French Embassy in Constantinople. Six plates from this service have recently been put up for public sale (Sotheby's Paris, 4 June 2020, lot 212) and two others with the Osenat study, 28 July 2020, lot 240. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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SÈVRES Two hard porcelain plates decorated in the center with antique cameo profiles in medallions with a nankin background surrounded by palmettes in purple and green, the wing with a pale blue background decorated with garlands of foliage and pearls. The legendary profiles: Africa and Pompey. Marked : LL interlaced, fleur-de-lis, Sèvres 21. Restoration period, 1821. D. 23.5 cm. Provenance: These two plates are part of the service "pale blue background, coloured ornaments, camayeux heads", which entered the Sèvres manufactory's shop in December 1822 and was delivered on 25 March 1826 by order of the Viscount of La Rochefoucault to the "Viscount of Marcellus, Extraordinary Envoy, Minister Plenipotentiary of H.M. Most Christian near H.R.H. the Du of Lucca". Lodoïs de Martin du Tyrac de Marcellus (1795-1861) led a career as a diplomat, which was decisive in ensuring the security of the arrival in France of the Venus de Milo in 1820 when he served in the French Embassy in Constantinople. Six plates from this service have recently been put up for public sale (Sotheby's Paris, 4 June 2020, lot 212) and two others with the Osenat study, 28 July 2020, lot 240. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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