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Jean-Jacques Pierre le jeune was active at Sèvres from 1763 to 1800. Guillaume Noël was active at Sèvres from 1755 to 1800. Jean-Baptiste Tandart l'aîné was active at Sèvres from 1754 to 1800. Jean-Nicolas Le Bel le jeune, later père, was active at Sèvres from 1765 to 1793. Denis Levé was active at Sèvres from 1754 to 1793 and from 1795 to 1805. Jacques-François Micaud père was active at Sèvres from 1757 to 1810.
The 3rd Duke of Dorset, who was among other things a talented cricket player, was the only deliberate collector at Knole, and his passion for Sèvres porcelain is evident from his purchases. During his time as Ambassador to the French Court from 1783 to 1789, he was a frequent patron of the Sèvres porcelain factory. His largest acquisition at this time was the 'Duke of Dorset Service', which was delivered over a period of three years. The first delivery 'à M l'Ambassadour d'Angleterre' on 17th November 1784 is recorded in the factory's sales registers.
But the Duke had most probably already acquired his dessert-service in an earlier visit to Paris. Shortly after he had inherited his title and estates from his uncle in 1769, he embarked on a Grand Tour of the Continent, which included a visit to Paris. The exact details of how the dessert-service came into his possession still remain obscure, but he almost certainly purchased it from a dealer or agent. The Chevalier Lambert, an English banker and agent in Paris, had handled the delivery of a similar service to the Earl of Carlisle in 1770, and two years later he handled the delivery of another similar service for the Earl of Egremont.
But recent research conducted in the archives at Sèvres by David Peters reveals that a service, matching the present lot in description, was sold in the second half of 1770 to Jean Dulac, the Parisian marchand-mercier. As no other service of this expensive type occurs in the sales registers for this time, it is almost certain that the two are connected, and that Dulac must have acted as intermediary for the Duke. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), Part 5, Service List 70-7.
Little is known about the service at Knole except that it was recorded there in an 1864 inventory of its contents made after the death of his daughter, Lady Mary Sackville, Dowager Countess Amherst. The service's composition is fascinating as it is still almost intact, having lost a plate since the 1864 inventory. This is a great rarity, as few 18th century dessert-services have maintained their original composition, and fewer still have remained under the same roof for over two centuries. For a discussion of Sèvres porcelain relating to the Duke of Dorset, see Hall, 'French porcelain at Knole; The 3rd Duke of Dorset's Sèvres Collection' Apollo (May, 1994), pp. 38-40.
The 3rd Duke of Dorset, who was among other things a talented cricket player, was the only deliberate collector at Knole, and his passion for Sèvres porcelain is evident from his purchases. During his time as Ambassador to the French Court from 1783 to 1789, he was a frequent patron of the Sèvres porcelain factory. His largest acquisition at this time was the 'Duke of Dorset Service', which was delivered over a period of three years. The first delivery 'à M l'Ambassadour d'Angleterre' on 17th November 1784 is recorded in the factory's sales registers.
But the Duke had most probably already acquired his dessert-service in an earlier visit to Paris. Shortly after he had inherited his title and estates from his uncle in 1769, he embarked on a Grand Tour of the Continent, which included a visit to Paris. The exact details of how the dessert-service came into his possession still remain obscure, but he almost certainly purchased it from a dealer or agent. The Chevalier Lambert, an English banker and agent in Paris, had handled the delivery of a similar service to the Earl of Carlisle in 1770, and two years later he handled the delivery of another similar service for the Earl of Egremont.
But recent research conducted in the archives at Sèvres by David Peters reveals that a service, matching the present lot in description, was sold in the second half of 1770 to Jean Dulac, the Parisian marchand-mercier. As no other service of this expensive type occurs in the sales registers for this time, it is almost certain that the two are connected, and that Dulac must have acted as intermediary for the Duke. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), Part 5, Service List 70-7.
Little is known about the service at Knole except that it was recorded there in an 1864 inventory of its contents made after the death of his daughter, Lady Mary Sackville, Dowager Countess Amherst. The service's composition is fascinating as it is still almost intact, having lost a plate since the 1864 inventory. This is a great rarity, as few 18th century dessert-services have maintained their original composition, and fewer still have remained under the same roof for over two centuries. For a discussion of Sèvres porcelain relating to the Duke of Dorset, see Hall, 'French porcelain at Knole; The 3rd Duke of Dorset's Sèvres Collection' Apollo (May, 1994), pp. 38-40.