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Lot 183*

A Sèvres dish, 1770

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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A Sèvres dish, 1770

Compotier rond à feuille-de-choux, painted with a trophy in the well, the rim alternating with flower garlands and moulded panels decorated with blue feathered edges and large flower sprays, 22cm diam., interlaced LL monogram in blue enclosing date letter R, unidentified painter's mark B F, incised letters (minor wear)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 2 October 1978, lot 213;
American Private Collection

David Peters mentions the present lot as a piece that may have been part of a service of unknown decoration sold in 1770 to a cash buyer. See D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), II, no. 70.2, p. 427 for a full discussion of the service.

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