A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE LOBED OVAL STAND (PLATEAU 'DU ROI', 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS EE FOR 1782, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DE LAROCHE, GILDER'S MARK FOR CHAUVAUX, LE JEUNE, INCISED 22

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A SEVRES BLEU CELESTE LOBED OVAL STAND (PLATEAU 'DU ROI', 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letters ee for 1782, painter's mark for de Laroche, gilder's mark for Chauvaux, le jeune, incised 22
The turquoise basin with a gilt berried laurel oval and a gilt-edged striated burnt almond ribbon reserved with a trailing berried vine linking single pink roses and edged in gilt ciselé foliate scrolls, the cavetto edged with gilt scrolls and striated foliate scallops, the paneled border reserved on a similar burnt almond ground with a scalloped band enclosing a rose, cornflower, rose and pansy, alternate with a cornflower on a burnt almond roundel, gilt dentil rim
24 1/8in. (28.2cm.) long

Lot Essay

The plateau 'du roi' first appears in the present large size in sales records of 1755. It was sold as the basis for a déjeuner, the components of which vary with the size of the tray. Jampots are also found with this form as a stand. The plateau 'du roi' is often confused with the plateau 'long uni', another shaped oval tray but with lobed ends (lots 3, 32, 34) rather than the eight equidistant lobes resulting in a bow-shaped end as found on the present example and on the two smaller examples of the second size in this collection (lots 2, 68).

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