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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND SHELL-SHAPED DISHES FROM THE SERVICE GIVEN BY LOUIS XVI TO ARCHDUKE FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA (COMPOTIERS COQUILLES)

CIRCA 1784, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER GG, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DE CHOISY, GILDER'S MARKS FOR LE GUAY L'AINE AND CHAUVAUX L'AINE

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND SHELL-SHAPED DISHES FROM THE SERVICE GIVEN BY LOUIS XVI TO ARCHDUKE FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA (COMPOTIERS COQUILLES)
CIRCA 1784, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER GG, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DE CHOISY, GILDER'S MARKS FOR LE GUAY L'AINE AND CHAUVAUX L'AINE
Painted with a central rose spray roundel surrounded by a band of faux pearls, the rim with alternating oval panels of roses, daisies and cornflowers surrounded by berried laurel, above gilt grasses and linked by beaded bands
8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) wide

Provenance

Given by Louis XVI to his brother-in-law, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, 1785.

Literature

D. Peters, Sevres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Birkhamstead, 2005, p. 775, no. 86-4.

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Lot Essay

The present shell-shaped dishes and the plates that follow are from a service presented by Louis XVI to the Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Maria Beatrice of Austria in 1786 in honor of their visit to France. Described in the factory records as fond bleu céleste, Marguerites, barbeaux et Roses, the service was presented by Louis XVI to members of Marie-Antoinette's family. See www.christies.com for further information.

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