Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 108
A Buen Retiro plate from the supplement for the Sèvres "service des Asturies" for Maria Luisa of Parma, later Queen of Spain, circa 1780
3 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,152 inc. premium
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A Buen Retiro plate from the supplement for the Sèvres "service des Asturies" for Maria Luisa of Parma, later Queen of Spain, circa 1780
Painted with the monogram CL made up of gilt scrolls and foliate roses, the border with three figural landscapes within tooled gilt cartouches surrounded by gilt foliate garlands alternating with three circular gilt panels enclosing a crenelated tower emblematic of Castille against a gilt trellis pattern, all with entwined rose garlands, 25cm diam., fleur-de-lys mark in blue (tiny chips to rim edge)
Footnotes
The Sèvres service was ordered by King Louis XV in 1774, but was only completed after his death and ended up being delivered on behalf of Louis XVI by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maria Luisa must have been very happy with the service, as several supplements were made, first at Sèvres and subsequently in soft-paste at Buen Retiro, the group the present lot belongs to.
An in-depth discussion of the service, its history and supplements can be found in Dorothee Guillemé Brulon, Porcelaine de Sèvres - Le Service de la Princesse des Asturies, 2003 .
Another Buen Retiro plate was sold in these rooms, 12 November 2003, lot 156, and a Sèvres dish (compotier carré) from the original service was sold in these rooms, 6 December 2023, lot 180.
Maria Luisa of Parma
Maria Luisa of Parma (1751 - 1819) was the youngest daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma, the fourth son of Philip V of Spain, and of Louise Élisabeth of France, eldest daughter to King Louis XV. She married Charles, Prince of Asturias, who would later become King Charles IV of Spain. After the Bourbon dynasty was deposed in Spain by Napoleon I, she and her husband first lived as state prisoners in France and later lived under the protection of the Pope in the Barberini Palace in Rome, where they settled permanently in 1815. Maria Luisa died in 1819, the same year as her husband.
