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Lot Essay
From the third and final service commissioned by Louis XVI noted for its unique forms and neoclassical decoration. One of fifty-one plates presented to Freiherr von Hardenberg, the Svres archives record only two plates from the present service decorated by both Fontaine and L'Ecot taken from the kiln on 21 December 1789.
Jacques Fontaine, active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, figures, patterns and cameos and as a gilder, 1752-1800.
Louis-Franois L'Ecot, active at Svres as a painter of chinoiserie, arabesques and butterflies and as a gilder, 1761-1764 and 1772-1800.
Jacques Fontaine, active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of flowers, figures, patterns and cameos and as a gilder, 1752-1800.
Louis-Franois L'Ecot, active at Svres as a painter of chinoiserie, arabesques and butterflies and as a gilder, 1761-1764 and 1772-1800.