A SEVRES BURNT ORANGE GROUND PLATE

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS EE FOR 1782, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DE LAROCHE, GILDER'S MARK FOR PRÉVOST

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A SEVRES BURNT ORANGE GROUND PLATE
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters EE for 1782, painter's mark for de Laroche, gilder's mark for Prévost
Painted with scattered sprigs within a gilt ribbon entwined around puce and gilt bands, the border with garlands of berried myrtle linked and enclosing sprays of the same flowers and punctuated by medallions painted with variant still lives of baskets and vases of flowers, reserved within gilt foliate scrolls on the burnt orange ground
9 3/8in (23.8cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

The plate is possibly a sample plate or assiette d'echantillon.

Jacques-François-Louis de Laroche is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in flowers, ground colors and patterns 1758-1802

Henri-Martin Prévost is recorded at Sèvres as a gilder 1757-1797

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