A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PLATE FROM THE 'ROHAN' SERVICE (ASSIETTE A PALMES)

GREYISH BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER S FOR 1771, PAINTER'S CP ABOVE FOR CHAPPUIS, INCISED X

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PLATE FROM THE 'ROHAN' SERVICE (ASSIETTE A PALMES)
Greyish blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter S for 1771, painter's cp above for Chappuis, incised X
Each with LPR monogram in two shades of gold enclosed within a wreath of acorns and oak leaves, tree roots at the bottom, the turquoise border reserved with three panels of a bird in a landscape alternate with gilt oak vines suspended from rings
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Louis-René-Edouard, Prince (later Cardinal Prince) de Rohan, 1772.

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Lot Essay

The present plate is from a service of some 368 pieces made by Sèvres for Louis-René-Edouard, Prince (later Cardinal Prince) de Rohan and itemized in the sales records for 7 September 1772 at a total cost of 20,772 livres. See Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2009, cat. no. 158, p. 622 for another plate from this service marked and incised for the same date of facture, bird painter and repareur.

Antoine-Joseph Chappuis l'aîné is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in birds and flowers 1761-1787.

PROVENANCE FOR LARGE PORTIONS OF THE SERVICE:
Prince Demidoff, Palazzo San Donato, Florence.
Leopold de Rothschild, Exbury, Hampshire.
Anthony de Rothschild, Ascott Wing, England.
Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather Post, 'Hillwood', Washington, D.C.
Thelma Chrysler Foy, New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 May 1959, lot 431 (40 pieces).
The Estate of Jessie Woolworth Donohue, Southampton; Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 29 April 1972, lot 72.

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