
Sophie von der Goltz
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Footnote:
Purchased by Louis XVI in 1789 as part of a supplement for the 'Guirlandes de Barbeaux' service;
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 2 October 1978, lot 274;
American Private Collection
The supplement to the 'Guirlandes de Barbeaux' service purchased in 1783 was delivered to Louis XVI via the contrôleur du Roi, Jean-René-Christophe Roth, in April of 1789. It also was accompanied by biscuit figures, miniature vases and various teawares including 7 pots à sucre. The present lot was one of these and is mentioned in David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), IV, no. 89-2, pp. 877-878.