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Compotier coquille (part of a service à dessert) early nineteenth century
Soft-paste porcelain, dark blue ground and burnished gilded decoration | 5.5 x 22.1 x 21.7 cm (minimum) | RCIN 58723
Style of Sèvres porcelain factory
Compotier coquille (part of a service à dessert) early nineteenth century
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Sèvres-style soft paste porcelain shell shape dish. Dark blue ground with bunished gilded decoration, polychrome decoration composed of putti in oval reserves, baskets and bunches of flowers, laurel wreaths and berries painted naturalistically and taut garlands of flowers. Putti reserves alternate with wreaths and baskets of flowers.
Provenance
Purchased in Paris for George IV by François Benois. The entry in his statement of account headed ‘Compte des Porcelaines acheptees Par Ordre de Sa Majesty pour Windsor’, dated 23 October 1824, reads: ‘Un Service de Porcelaine de Sevres à Cartels d’Enfans et fleurs composé de 131 Pieces £400’. Recorded in the Confectionary, Carlton House: ‘No. 135. A Dessert Service of Seve Porcelain, painted in Roses, and blue borders, with Bouquets of Heartsease in the Centre, Consisting of: 7 Dozen of Plates; 4 Oval Compotiers; 4 Square Compotiers; 4 Round Do.; 4 Shell Do.; 2 Ice Pails and Covers; 2 Salad Bowls; 2 Coolers; 4 Small Do.; 14 Ice Cups; 2 Plateaux to Do.; 2 Muffin Plates and Covers; 2 Sugar Terrines with their Plateaux and Covers’.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, dark blue ground and burnished gilded decoration
Measurements
5.5 x 22.1 x 21.7 cm (minimum)
5.7 x 22.9 x 22.5 cm (maximum)
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Place of Production
France
