Sophie von der Goltz
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The Richard Deacon Collection
Lot 91*
A Sèvres plate (assiette à godron), dated 1770
2 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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A Sèvres plate (assiette à godron), dated 1770
Painted by Bertrand with scattered rose sprays in the well enclosed by a gilt-edged band of scrolling roses, the rim with a band of blue drapery swags heightened in gilding and with gilt tassels, gilt dentil border to rim, 24.1cm diam., interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter R in blue, painter's mark for Bertrand, incised CT (minor wear to gilt edge of rim)
Footnotes
Provenance:
From a service possibly acquired by Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guildford;
Sold by Lord North at Christie's London, 14 June 1895, lot 52 (the service, including 48 plates);
Collection de Son Excellence Ilhamy Hussein Pacha, Villa 'Baïa dei Fiori', St Jean Cap Ferrat, sold by Ader Tajan, 17 March 1993, lot 975 (part);
Charles-Otto Zieseniss Collection, sold Christie's Paris, 5-6 December 2001, lot 300
For a discussion of the service, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, vol. II, rev. ed. 2015, pp. 449f.