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

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

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS S AND T FOR 1771 AND 1772, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR EVANS AND ALONCLE, RESPECTIVELY, THE FIRST WITH INCISED SCRIPT MARKS

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TWO SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE PLATES FROM THE 'ROHAN' SERVICE (ASSIETTE A PALMES)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS S AND T FOR 1771 AND 1772, PAINTER'S MARKS FOR EVANS AND ALONCLE, RESPECTIVELY, THE FIRST WITH INCISED SCRIPT MARKS
Each with LPR monogram in two shades of gold enclosed within a wreath of acorns and oak leaves, tree roots at the bottom, the border reserved with three panels of a bird in a landscape alternate with gilt oak vines suspended from rings
9 5/8 in. (24.3 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

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

Sale room notice

Pieces from the 'Rohan' Service were offered as lots 127-140 in the sale of The Collection of Jessie Woolworth Donahue, held by Sotheby Parke-Bernet on 28/29 April 1972. The present pair of plates, offered as lot 139, fetched $3,250.

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Lot Essay

The present plates are 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.

Etienne Evans, recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres as a painter of birds, animals and flowers, 1752-86.
François-Joseph Aloncle, recorded at Sèvres as a painter of birds, animals and landscapes, 1758-81.

PROVENANCE FOR LARGE PORTIONS OF THE SERVICE:
Prince Demidoff, Palazzo San Donato, Florence.
Leopold de Rothschild, Exbury, Hampshire.
Anthony de Rothschild, Ascott House 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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