Lot 4
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A DIRECTOIRE PORCELAIN PART DESSERT SERVICE
A DIRECTOIRE PORCELAIN PART DESSERT SERVICE

SVRES, CIRCA 1795, VARIOUS BLUE SCRIPT SVRES AND RF MONOGRAM MARKS FOR THE RPUBLIQUE FRANAISE, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR BUNEL, DIDIER, DUROSEY LA JEUNNE, DUROSEY L'AN, AND NOUALHIER

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A DIRECTOIRE PORCELAIN PART DESSERT SERVICE
Svres, circa 1795, various blue script Svres and RF monogram marks for the Rpublique Franaise, painter's marks for Bunel, Didier, Durosey la jeunne, Durosey l'an, and Noualhier
The center painted with scattered purple myrtle sprigs, the border with a trailing vine of pink forget-me-nots within narrow bleu nouveau bands gilt with stylized laurel within gilt lines, comprising:
Four square dishes (compotier 'carr'), 8in. (212cm.) wide
Four oval dishes (compotier 'oval'),10in. (27.7cm.) wide
Four octagonal dishes (assiette 'octagone'), 8.7/8in. (22.8cm.) wide
Twenty dessert plates, 9in. (24.2cm.) diam.
A bowl and cover, 7in. (17.8cm.) diam. (33)

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Marie-Jeanne-Barbe Bunel, recorded at Svres as a flower painter 1777-1816
Mme Louise-Ursule Didier, recorded at Svres as a flower painted 1787-1790, 1793-1798
Sophie-Adle Durosey, recorded at Svres as a flower painter 1797-1798
Mlle Durosey l'an, her elder sister, recorded at Svres 1793-1803
Antoinette-Marie Noualhier, recorded at Svres as a flower painter 1762 - circa 1798