Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 175
A Sèvres hard-paste porcelain black-ground plate (assiette unie), circa 1802
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,650 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
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A Sèvres hard-paste porcelain black-ground plate (assiette unie), circa 1802
The well painted with a wreath of flowers and fruit outlined in gilding, the black-ground gilt-edged rim decorated with three Chinoiserie vignettes in gilding and platinum, 24.5cm diam., Sevres/X in iron-red, (restored section to rim)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Probably from the service purchased by Gabriel-Marie-Théodore-Joseph, comte d'Hédouville, on 19 April 1802
See Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no.19, for a full list of the service. Another plate is in the British Museum; see Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain in the British Museum (1994), pp. 213f, no.177.
