Lot Essay
The service was reputed to have been made for Louis Charles, Duc de Bourgogne, eldest grandson of Louis XV.
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CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN
Details
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PART DINNER SERVICE
CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN
Painted with vignettes of various combinations of fruit, flowers, vegetables, berries, nuts and fungus among scattered sprigs below swags of flowers suspended from blue bows within shaped gilt-dentil rims, comprising:
A two-handled oval monteith after a Sèvres form
An ogee-sided salad bowl
Two large shaped-circular serving dishes
Two similar smaller dishes
A shaped-oval dish
A large saucer-dish
Two leaf-shaped dishes
Twelve plates (22)
CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN
Painted with vignettes of various combinations of fruit, flowers, vegetables, berries, nuts and fungus among scattered sprigs below swags of flowers suspended from blue bows within shaped gilt-dentil rims, comprising:
A two-handled oval monteith after a Sèvres form
An ogee-sided salad bowl
Two large shaped-circular serving dishes
Two similar smaller dishes
A shaped-oval dish
A large saucer-dish
Two leaf-shaped dishes
Twelve plates (22)
Provenance
Probably supplied to Louis Charles, Duc de Bourgogne.