A SÈVRES PLATE, the centre painted with an oak branch within a blue ground band gilt with berried foliage, the border with a garland of oak between two similar blue ground bands (slight rubbing to gilding), blue interlaced L marks enclosing date letters oo for 1791, painted mark nq for Niquet and gilder's mark HP for Prevost, incised 24; and five English plates similar (very minor rubbing to gilding), four with imitation blue interlaced L marks and script G, one with indistinct impressed mark, circa 1880
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A SÈVRES PLATE, the centre painted with an oak branch within a blue ground band gilt with berried foliage, the border with a garland of oak between two similar blue ground bands (slight rubbing to gilding), blue interlaced L marks enclosing date letters oo for 1791, painted mark nq for Niquet and gilder's mark HP for Prevost, incised 24; and five English plates similar (very minor rubbing to gilding), four with imitation blue interlaced L marks and script G, one with indistinct impressed mark, circa 1880
23.5cm. diam. (6)
Lot Essay
Niquet working period 1764-92
Henry-Martin Prevost working period 1757-97