FOUR SEVRES (HARD PASTE) FAUX LAPIS LAZULI-GROUND BOTANICAL PLATES FROM THE SERVICE ORDERED BY FERDINAND II, KING OF THE TWO SICILIES
FOUR SEVRES (HARD PASTE) FAUX LAPIS LAZULI-GROUND BOTANICAL PLATES FROM THE SERVICE ORDERED BY FERDINAND II, KING OF THE TWO SICILIES

1832-33, BLUE STENCILLED SEVRES 33 FACTORY MARKS, GREEN , GILT AND IRON-RED PAINTED KILN AND DECORATING MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS, BLACK SCRIPT TITLES, TRACES OF RED LUSTRE MARKS

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FOUR SEVRES (HARD PASTE) FAUX LAPIS LAZULI-GROUND BOTANICAL PLATES FROM THE SERVICE ORDERED BY FERDINAND II, KING OF THE TWO SICILIES
1832-33, BLUE STENCILLED SEVRES 33 FACTORY MARKS, GREEN , GILT AND IRON-RED PAINTED KILN AND DECORATING MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS, BLACK SCRIPT TITLES, TRACES OF RED LUSTRE MARKS
Each with a black script botanical name on the reverse
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies.

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Lot Essay

The present four plates are from a set of seventy-two made for a service ordered on 6 November 1834 and delivered to Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies on 10 February 1836. Two others from the same royal service are illustrated by Maria Letizia Casanova, Le porcellane Francesi nei musei di Napoli, Naples, 1974, pp. 318-319, no. 220. Two plates from the same service were sold at Christie's in New York on 20-21 April 2005, lot 306.

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