
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
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Head of Department, Director

Department Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
Purchased by Francesco Maria Ignacio Piccaluga on 8 August 1788
M. Piccaluga was a banker (trader) from Genoa, described in the sales registers as a négociant. Another service which seems to have been of identical decoration, but included a smaller number of service components, was acquired by the Marquis de Néelle in July of the same year. However, seaux ovales (four in the service) were only included in the delivery to M. Piccaluga. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), IV, pp.857-861, for a list and discussion on both services.