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Lot Essay
Two plates from the same service as the first example were sold at Sotheby's New York, 11 October 1995, lot 304.
Other plates and shaped pieces from the same service as the fourth plate are in The Wrightsman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cf. C.C. Dauterman, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. IV, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, p. 240.
Cf. The Flahaut Collection of European Porcelain, Christie's London, 12 June 1995, lot 552 for other examples from the same service as the sixth plate.
Cf. Christie's London, 11 October 1993 for two other plates from the same service as the ninth plate. The present example can be dated circa 1780 and the painting ascribed to Charles Louis Mreau based on these two marked examples.
The tenth plate is from the Sartine Service made for the Lieutenant-Gnral de Police, Antoine-Raymond-Jean-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine, Comte d'Alby, founder of the modern French police force. Cf. Pierre Verlet, Svres, Le XVIIIE Sicle, Paris, 1953, pp. 216-217, pl.77.
Cf. Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Svres Porcelain, vol. II, London, 1988, no. C-430 for an ecuelle, cover and stand decorated with frizes riches on a gilt seeded ground similar to those decorating the eleventh plate.
Other plates and shaped pieces from the same service as the fourth plate are in The Wrightsman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cf. C.C. Dauterman, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. IV, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, p. 240.
Cf. The Flahaut Collection of European Porcelain, Christie's London, 12 June 1995, lot 552 for other examples from the same service as the sixth plate.
Cf. Christie's London, 11 October 1993 for two other plates from the same service as the ninth plate. The present example can be dated circa 1780 and the painting ascribed to Charles Louis Mreau based on these two marked examples.
The tenth plate is from the Sartine Service made for the Lieutenant-Gnral de Police, Antoine-Raymond-Jean-Gualbert-Gabriel de Sartine, Comte d'Alby, founder of the modern French police force. Cf. Pierre Verlet, Svres, Le XVIIIE Sicle, Paris, 1953, pp. 216-217, pl.77.
Cf. Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Svres Porcelain, vol. II, London, 1988, no. C-430 for an ecuelle, cover and stand decorated with frizes riches on a gilt seeded ground similar to those decorating the eleventh plate.