CIRCA 1791, BLUE INTERLACED L' S MARKS, MOST ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS OO FOR 1791, VARIOUS PAINTER'S MARKS, GILDER'S MARKS FOR HENRI PRÉVOST, VANDE AND VINCENT

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN PART DESSERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1791, BLUE INTERLACED L' S MARKS, MOST ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS OO FOR 1791, VARIOUS PAINTER'S MARKS, GILDER'S MARKS FOR HENRI PRÉVOST, VANDE AND VINCENT
The border decorated with a band of roses and cornflowers between two bands of lollypop flowers divided diagonally, the center with a spray of roses and other field flowers, comprising: two monteiths (seau crénelé); a sugar-bowl and cover on fixed stand (sucrier de M. Le Premier); four square dishes (compotier carré); four oval dishes (compotier ovale); a shell-shaped dish (compotier 'coquille'); seventeen plates (assiette unie); together with two similar ice pails and covers (seaux à glace)
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) wide, the monteith

Provenance

With Enoch Rittener, china merchant on Albemarle Street, London, delivered as part of a large service 3 April 1791.
The Estate of Martha Baird Rockefeller; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 14 October 1971, lot 67.

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Lot Essay

For a description of the full complement of this service, which included six seaux a demi-bouteille, see D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, privately printed, 2005, vol. IV, cat. no. 4.3.1791.

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