Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 179
Two Sèvres plates from the Comte de Ségur service, dated 1812
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,530 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Two Sèvres plates from the Comte de Ségur service, dated 1812
Each decorated with a pale yellow ground border painted with stylised leaf bands between purple and green scroll motifs, the well with a similar circular motif in the centre surrounded by a gilt border of palmettes and scrolls, the edge of the well with a formal gilt border, 23.8cm diam., M. Imp.le/de Sevres/1812 stencilled in red, gilt marks, incised oz and DL and B. in brown to one, incised L and 10 and P. in iron-red to the other (minor wear) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Delivered by the order of Napoleon I to comte Louis Philippe de Ségur 6 March 1812 (Vbb4, fol.8 v°)
See Camille Le Prince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no.177, for a full list of the service.
