Sophie von der Goltz
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Lot 193
A Sèvres plate, circa 1794
6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £500 inc. premium
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A Sèvres plate, circa 1794
Painted with a central bouquet of pink flowers and gilt wheat sheafs surrounded by a garland of blue forget-me-nots and leaves encircling a gilt line band and a gilt line border encircled with gilt foliage, the rim with a border between two blue lines of a foliate garland of blue forget-me-nots under foliate pink flowers issuing from the rim interconnected by gilt diagonal foliate branches, gilt dentil rims, 24.2cm diam., interlaced LL monogram in blue and painter's mark for É.-G. Girard, incised marks (tiny chip to underside rim, minor wear)
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The plate can be attributed to a service purchased by Madame Lefebvre, née Le Clerq, a Paris marchand-mercier, in 1794. The decoration is described as 'souvenirs différents' which David Peters matches to plate design no. 148 (see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), V, pp.1027f), the description of which corresponds to the present lot. Additionally the kiln books for the service state that components were painted by Girard, another indication the plate may be from this service. A plate with similar decoration elements, but with later additional decoration from the 19th century, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Another two plates from this service were sold in these rooms, 5 July 2018, lot 208.
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