TWO SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR LOUIS XV AT THE CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU ('ASSIETTES UNIES')

INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R FOR 1770, ONE PLATE WITH A PAINTER'S MARK FOR SIOUX L'AINE, THE OTHER WITH THE PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEVE, ONE INCISED L, THE OTHER INCISED X

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TWO SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR LOUIS XV AT THE CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU ('ASSIETTES UNIES')
INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER R FOR 1770, ONE PLATE WITH A PAINTER'S MARK FOR SIOUX L'AINE, THE OTHER WITH THE PAINTER'S MARK FOR LEVE, ONE INCISED L, THE OTHER INCISED X
Each painted in puce with a central floral medallion incorporating the royal cipher of interlaced L's four times, the shaped rim with gilt C-scroll cartouches and ribbon-tied garlands
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

Louis XV, acquired though Lazare Duvaux and delivered to the Chateau de Fontainebleau, 1758 and augmented with supplements until 1788.
The Hector Binney Collection; Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1989, lot 123.

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Lot Essay

This service was first supplied in 1757 to Louis XV by the marchand-mercier Lazare-Duvaux for use at the Château de Fontainebleau. It is known to have been widely used and was augmented with a number of supplements until 1788 during the King's yearly visits. A large part of the service was sold at Christie's, Monaco on 7 December 1987, lot 253. The present plate, dated to 1770, is likely part of one of the aforementioned supplements.

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