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拍品專文
Although the Famille rose services have been thought to have been made for Madame de Pompadour, since her maiden name was poisson and the eagle would have represented her husband, King Louis XV, there is no evidence that it is so, and indeed much doubt that Madame de Pompadour would have drawn attention to her bourgeois family name in this way.
However, the palettes used in the enamelled services were particularly popular in France during this time, suggesting that it was a French private order of considerable importance.
See a comparable censer sold in these Rooms, 23 November 2004, lot 321 (part of)
However, the palettes used in the enamelled services were particularly popular in France during this time, suggesting that it was a French private order of considerable importance.
See a comparable censer sold in these Rooms, 23 November 2004, lot 321 (part of)