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)

拍场告示

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

拍品专文

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.