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Lot 209

A Sèvres deep dish from the service purchased by the Comte de Montmorin (compotier rond), dated 1787

6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Sèvres deep dish from the service purchased by the Comte de Montmorin (compotier rond), dated 1787

Painted by Mlle Fontaine with a central flower spray composed of fuchsia and horse chestnut surrounded by a blue-ground band with a gilt foliate border, the rim with a loose garland of fuchsia and horse chestnut between two further blue-ground bands, the rim gilt, 21.2cm diam., interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letters KK in blue, painter's mark for Mlle Fontaine, gilder's mark for Henri-Martin Prévost, incised 2 (minor wear to gilding)

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Provenance:
Purchased by Armand-Marc, comte de Montmorin de Saint-Hérem, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1787-1791), on 24 May 1787

There were overall 36 compotier ronds in the service at a price of 30 livres each. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), IV, no. 87-5, pp.829f, for further details on the service.

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