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Sèvres porcelain factory
Service à dessert c. 1796
Soft paste porcelain white and bleu céleste ground gilded œil-de-perdrix decoration | RCIN 5000003
Sèvres porcelain factory
Service à dessert c. 1796
Sèvres porcelain factory
Service à dessert c. 1796
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Sèvres soft paste porcelain dessert service painted with bouquets of roses and foliage on white ground, bleu céleste borders with gilt œil-de-perdrix decoration between gilt line rims.
94 pieces: 48 plates, 4 square fruit dishes, 4 oval fruit dishes, 4 round fruit dishes, 3 shell-shaped fruit dishes, 2 wine-bottle coolers, 4 smaller wine-bottle coolers, 2 oval liqueur-bottle coolers, 2 monteiths, 2 ice-pails, covers and liners, 1 sugar basin and cover, 2 trays with 2 attached jam pots, 2 trays, 14 ice-cream cups.
Measurements:plates 1–.48 2.5 to 3.0 x 24.2 to 24.9, square fruit dishes .1–.4 3.8 to 4.3 x 21.1 to 21.4 x 21.1 to 21.4, oval fruit dishes .1–.4 3.9 to 4.1 x 27.2 to 27.5 x 19.2 to 19.5, circular fruit dishes .1–.4 4.2 to 4.5 x 20.5 to 21.1, shell-shaped fruit dishes .1–.3 5.2 to 5.7 x 22.4 to 23.1 x 21.9 to 22.5, wine-bottle coolers heights .1 18.8 x 25.3 x 20.3 .2 18.8 x 26.3 x 20.5, smaller wine-bottle coolers .1–.4 15.2 to 15.5 x 20.0 to 20.6 x 16.2, oval liqueur-bottle coolers .1 11.5 x 30.0 x 14.4 .2 11.8 x 30.3 x 14.5, monteiths .1 13.3 x 28.3 x 20.4 .2 13.3 x 28.5 x 20.9, ice-pails covers and liners .1 21.0 x 23.0 x19.0 .2 21.5 x 23.0 x 19.2, sugar basin and cover 11.2 x 20.3 x 14.8, trays with two attached jam pots .1 11.8 x 29.2 x 16.7 .2 11.8 x 30 x 16.9, trays .1 3.3 x 22.3 .2 3.5 x 22.6, ice-cream cups .1–.14 6.2 to 6.9 x 70 to 7.5 x 5.8 to 6.2 cmProvenance
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to whom the service had passed from Queen Mary, who acquired it from the London dealer J. Rochelle Thomas of 10–12 King Street, as mentioned in an unpriced bill or aide-mémoire dated 20 December 1932. It was recorded in this note that the service had belonged to Lord Weardale, Brasted Chart, Kent.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(nationality)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)(porcelain painter)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft paste porcelain white and bleu céleste ground gilded œil-de-perdrix decoration
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Alternative title(s)
Dessert service
Place of Production
Sèvres [France]
