Lot Essay
The original service of over 2,000 pieces was ordered by King Louis-Philippe on 26 June 1835. The decoration in the style of medieval manuscripts is based on drawings by Jean-Charles François Leloy.
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19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS DECORATED OUTSIDE THE FACTORY, DATE MARKS FOR 1845 AND 1846, PRINTED WITH GREEN CROWNED 'LP' MONOGRAM MARKS, BLUE ROUNDEL MONOGRAM MARKS AND CROWNED SUNBURST CHATEAU DE F.BLEAU MARKS
Details
TWELVE SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES
19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS DECORATED OUTSIDE THE FACTORY, DATE MARKS FOR 1845 AND 1846, PRINTED WITH GREEN CROWNED 'LP' MONOGRAM MARKS, BLUE ROUNDEL MONOGRAM MARKS AND CROWNED SUNBURST CHATEAU DE F.BLEAU MARKS
After the 'Service Ordinaire de Fontainebleau' ordered by Louis-Philippe, each plate with a central roundel radiating spearheads below key-pattern wells below borders of beasts among foliage reserved with cartouches of crowned 'LP' monograms and devices
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high (12)
19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS DECORATED OUTSIDE THE FACTORY, DATE MARKS FOR 1845 AND 1846, PRINTED WITH GREEN CROWNED 'LP' MONOGRAM MARKS, BLUE ROUNDEL MONOGRAM MARKS AND CROWNED SUNBURST CHATEAU DE F.BLEAU MARKS
After the 'Service Ordinaire de Fontainebleau' ordered by Louis-Philippe, each plate with a central roundel radiating spearheads below key-pattern wells below borders of beasts among foliage reserved with cartouches of crowned 'LP' monograms and devices
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high (12)
Provenance
Anononymous sale, Christie's, Monaco, 21 June 1998, lot 529.