PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES LANE JEFFERSON

A SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) NANKEEN-YELLOW GROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATE FROM THE 'SERVICE DES DEPARTEMENTS'

BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED C'S ENCLOSING A FLEUR DES LYS FOR 1827, DATED POTTER'S, PAINTER'S AND GILDER'S MARKS FOR 1824

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A SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) NANKEEN-YELLOW GROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATE FROM THE 'SERVICE DES DEPARTEMENTS'
Blue stenciled interlaced C's enclosing a fleur des lys for 1827, dated potter's, painter's and gilder's marks for 1824
Finely painted with a view of Porte St. Vincent et Cathédrale d'Orléans, named below, the cavetto gilt with grapevine between gilt bands on a cobalt-blue ground, the border with named cameo portraits and emblems related to the region and linked by swags , the reverse with an identifying list

Lot Essay

See Tamara Préaud, The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847, The Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Catalogue, 17 October 1997 - 1 February 1998, fig. 63 for a watercolour on paper and an extensive discussion including the words of Brongniart who states, 'It is to be desired that such a service appear on the King's table, and I dare add that this is a possibility judging from a few words utter by his Majesty when he saw it'.

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