PROPERTY FROM THE VALENTINE COLLECTION

A VINCENNES PLATE FROM THE 'GUIRLANDES CAMAIEU CARMIN' SERVICE (ASSIETE 'A PALMES')

CIRCA 1760, INCISED C9

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A VINCENNES PLATE FROM THE 'GUIRLANDES CAMAIEU CARMIN' SERVICE (ASSIETE 'A PALMES')
Circa 1760, incised C9
Painted in camaïeu rose and enriched in gilt with a rosette, the border moulded and enriched in gilt with six palm scrolls, garlands of flowers suspended from bows centered beneath
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Louis XV for the château de Fontainbleau, original delivery in 1757 followed by several supplements through 1788.

Lot Essay

A large part of this exstensive royal service was sold by Christie's Monaco, 7 December 1987, lot 253. More recently, as single plate from the collection of Charles-Otto Zieseniss was sold Christie's Paris, 5 December 2001, lot 120.

See David Peters, ''Les Services de Porcelaine de Louis XV et Louis XVI'', Versailles et les table royals en Europe, XVIIème-XIXème siècles, exhibition catalogue, museé national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Paris, 1993, pp. 110-123 ; also Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, Porcelaine de Vincennes, p. 155, no. 127.

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