Lot Essay
This model was designed by the husband and wife team Anne and Patrick Poirier in 1979. Though inspired by the original Sèvres Egyptian Service, now in Apsley House, London, the duo allowed their own archeological interests to predominate the design. For an example displayed at Hillwood, Washington D.C., see L. Paredes, Sèvres Then and Now, London, 2009, pp. 124-126, fig. 98.