
Sebastian Kuhn
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Provenance:
Emeric-Joseph, Marquis De Durfort-Civrac, delivered in December 1766;
The Dukes of Rutland, Belvoir Castle;
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 6 May 1952, lot 41;
With The Antique Porcelain Company, London;
With Michele Beiny Inc., New York;
The Property of a West Coast Collector, sold Christie's New York, 20 April 2007, lot 240;
The Twinight Collection
The Marquis de Durfort was French ambassador to Venice between 1755 and 1760, to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1760 and betweeen 1762 and 1765, and to Austria between 1766 and 1770; see D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, II (2005), no. 66-5, for a discussion of the service.