Lot 45
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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BANDED BOTANICAL PART SERVICE (SERVICE BOTANIQUE 'COURONNE DE FLEURS')
A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BANDED BOTANICAL PART SERVICE (SERVICE BOTANIQUE 'COURONNE DE FLEURS')
A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BANDED BOTANICAL PART SERVICE (SERVICE BOTANIQUE 'COURONNE DE FLEURS')
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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BANDED BOTANICAL PART SERVICE (SERVICE BOTANIQUE 'COURONNE DE FLEURS')
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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BANDED BOTANICAL PART SERVICE (SERVICE BOTANIQUE 'COURONNE DE FLEURS')

BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED C'S FOR CHARLES X, DATE CYPHER FOR 1829, VARIOUS GILDERS' MARKS FOR 1829, VARIOUS PAINTERS', GILDERS' AND INCISED MARKS

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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BANDED BOTANICAL PART SERVICE (SERVICE BOTANIQUE 'COURONNE DE FLEURS')
BLUE STENCILED INTERLACED C'S FOR CHARLES X, DATE CYPHER FOR 1829, VARIOUS GILDERS' MARKS FOR 1829, VARIOUS PAINTERS', GILDERS' AND INCISED MARKS
Each piece finely painted with a garland of specimen flowers, named in Latin on the underside, within a custard yellow band gilt with stylized florets edged by a further band of scalloped anthemia, comprising:
A soup-tureen, cover and stand (soupière ovale 'Boizot', 1ere grandeur, son couvercle et sa plateau)
A flaring cylindrical pierced basket (corbeille ronde 'Jasmin')
A three-tiered cake stand (étagére 'tambour')
Two graduated circular platters (plats ronds)
Two sauce-boats and stands (deux saucières forme lampe, 1ere grandeur, et ses plateaux)
Two double salts (salières double coupe à tige)
Twelve soup plates (assiettes à potage)
One dinner plate (plat ordinaire)
Eleven dessert plates (assiettes à dessert)
17¼ in. (43.7 cm.) long, the tureen stand (37)
Provenance
Kurfürsten Wilhelm II von Hessen-Kassel, delivered on his behalf to M. de Schaumbourg, August-December 1830 and March 1831.
The Estate of Anna Thomson Dodge, 'Rose Terrace,' Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan; Christie's, on premises, 27-29 September 1971, lot 693 ($4,500, part).

Lot Essay

The present part service, originally part of a larger service of some 348 pieces made for Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse-Kassel, is described in the factory's archives as Service botanique 'couronne de fleurs' pour la Hesse and as delivered in stages to M. de Schaumbourg between August and December of 1830 with a final shipment in March of the following year. A large part of this service is retained at Schloss Fasanerie, originally a palace and hunting lodge outside the town of Fulda and now a museum housing much of the family's extensive art collection. For a discussion of the service, see M. Miller, et al, Königliches Porzellan aus Frankreich, Sammlerstüke und Service der Manufaktur Vincennes/Sèvres, 1999, pp. 89-133; also L'Estampille - Objét d'Art, June 2005.

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