Lot Essay
The present footed dish is from a service similar to the Service Iconographic but with variant gilt decoration and with the portrait heads not as realistically portrayed as cameos.
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IRON-RED STENCILLED (MANUFACTURE IMPERIALE) DE SÈVRES MARK AND DATE CYPHER FOR 1805/1896, GILDER'S D., INCISED WITH AN ARROW HEAD
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A SEVRES FAUX LAPIS GROUND COUPE
Iron-red stencilled (manufacture Imperiale) de Sèvres mark and date cypher for 1805/1896, gilder's D., incised with an arrow head
Painted with the cameo portrait head to right, possibly of Alexander the Great, reserved on the faux-lapis lazuli ground within a gilt medallion chased with stars with a further band of anthemion and pendant flowers, the rim gilt with overscaled dentil and pendant flowers, the exterior with a band of paired scrolls and pendant blossoms
7½in. (29cm.) diam.
Iron-red stencilled (manufacture Imperiale) de Sèvres mark and date cypher for 1805/1896, gilder's D., incised with an arrow head
Painted with the cameo portrait head to right, possibly of Alexander the Great, reserved on the faux-lapis lazuli ground within a gilt medallion chased with stars with a further band of anthemion and pendant flowers, the rim gilt with overscaled dentil and pendant flowers, the exterior with a band of paired scrolls and pendant blossoms
7½in. (29cm.) diam.
Sale room notice
Please note that the date should read 1805/1806.