AN ASSEMBLED SEVRES (HARD PASTE) AND SEVRES STYLE PART TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE FROM THE SERVICE DE CHASSE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING OF FRANCE

MOST PIECES 1838-1847, VARIOUS BLUE AND GILT PRINTED DECORATING MARKS, IRON-RED CHATEAU DE FONTAINBLEAU MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED AND PAINTER'S MARKS, SEVERAL PIECES LATER LIMOGES COPIES

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AN ASSEMBLED SEVRES (HARD PASTE) AND SEVRES STYLE PART TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE FROM THE SERVICE DE CHASSE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING OF FRANCE
Most pieces 1838-1847, various blue and gilt printed decorating marks, iron-red Chateau de Fontainbleau marks, various incised and painter's marks, several pieces later Limoges copies
The center gilt with a rosette, the border decorated between a stylized gilt Greek Key pattern and a gilt line rim with a band of animals perched within rich foliate scrolls and iron-red ground cartouches of animals and of the initials LP en grisaille within gilt foliate scrolls, comprising:
An oviform teapot and cover, 6 7/8in. (17.4cm.) high A tapering oviform hot-water jug, 7 7/8in. (20cm.) high A tapering bucket-shaped two-handled sugar bowl, 4in. (10.2cm.) high A shaped square tray, 11 7/8in. (30.1cm.) wide Two plates, 9 5/8in. (24.4cm.) diam. Three egg-cups
Twelve teacups and saucers
Twelve small coffee-cans and saucers
Seven large coffee-cans and saucers (71)

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Please note that the quantity of this lot should read 71 pieces.

Lot Essay

The decoration in the style of medieval manuscripts is based on drawings by Jean-Charles François Leloy. For a discussion of the service, see Gérard Barbe, Le service du roi Louis Philippe au chateau de Fontainbleau, Paris, 1988. For a detailed listing of which pieces are by the Sèvres factory and which later replacements, please contact the European Ceramics department.

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