Lot Essay
Louis-Philippe commissioned this service in 1847 for the Château d'Eu in Normandy. See Pierre Verlet, Sèvres, pl. 127 for a plate, a cup and saucer and a fruit-bowl from the same service
1847
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A Pair of Sèvres plates from the Château d'Eu service
1847
The centres painted with a bouquet of flowers on a brown ground within a printed green and gilt radiating petal medallion with flowerheads scrolls and husks, the wells gilt with stylised zig-zag and ropetwist ornament within wide green borders reserved with similar rectangular panels of flowers divided by panels of trophies and tablets edged with gilt printed scrolls and strapwork within gilt line rims (one with very slight scratching to glaze), green printed crowned LP47 mark, blue crowned LP Sevres 1847 mark within a double circle, red printed crowned Chateau d'Eu mark, incised PD 47 No 11, script ac h7-10 and ach7-8 and one with painter's DI mark
9½in. (24cm.) diam. (2)
1847
The centres painted with a bouquet of flowers on a brown ground within a printed green and gilt radiating petal medallion with flowerheads scrolls and husks, the wells gilt with stylised zig-zag and ropetwist ornament within wide green borders reserved with similar rectangular panels of flowers divided by panels of trophies and tablets edged with gilt printed scrolls and strapwork within gilt line rims (one with very slight scratching to glaze), green printed crowned LP47 mark, blue crowned LP Sevres 1847 mark within a double circle, red printed crowned Chateau d'Eu mark, incised PD 47 No 11, script ac h7-10 and ach7-8 and one with painter's DI mark
9½in. (24cm.) diam. (2)