Lot 541
541
A SÈVRES PLATE FROM THE DU BARRY SERVICE, the centre with the entwined gilt and floral initials DB within a border of gilt and blue urns suspending swags of flowers from a blue and gilt ovolo border (some rubbing to gilding), puce interlaced L marks enclosing date letter S for 1771, painter's mark LB for Le Bel

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A SÈVRES PLATE FROM THE DU BARRY SERVICE, the centre with the entwined gilt and floral initials DB within a border of gilt and blue urns suspending swags of flowers from a blue and gilt ovolo border (some rubbing to gilding), puce interlaced L marks enclosing date letter S for 1771, painter's mark LB for Le Bel
24.5cm. diam.

Lot Essay

Jean-Nicolas Le Bel working period 1773-93

This service comprising 322 pieces, was delivered on 29 August 1771 to the Comtesse du Barry. A pair of glass-coolers are in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, see Svend Eriksen, op. cit., pp. 262-63, no. 93

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