Description
Plate " unie " in porcelain of Sevres of the end of the XVIIIth century Marks in blue RF and Sevres, mark of decorator for Mrs Descoins With polychrome and gold decoration in the center of a bouquet of flowers, the wing of a series of pink and yellow flowers interspersed and a blue ribbon, gold fillet on the edge, two chips restored on the edge, minor wear D. 24.5 cm. Provenance : most certainly from the service " blue ribbon, carmine souvenir blue ", bought on 17 thermidor An VI (August 4, 1798), by the citizen Girardot, perhaps Jean Girardot de Marigny, for the citizen Pascal ; or from the service " blue ribbon jasmine and souvenirs ", delivered on 27 nivôse An VIII (January 17, 1800), on the order of the Ministry of the Interior to the citizen Lemercier and Company, merchant-merchants. Notes : A preparatory drawing is preserved in the archives of the Sèvres factory, number 189. For a full commentary on these deliveries, see by David Peters, Sèvres plates and services of the 18th century, Little Berkhamsted, 2015, pp .1207 and 1243-1244.
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Plate " unie " in porcelain of Sevres of the end of the XVIIIth century Marks in blue RF and Sevres, mark of decorator for Mrs Descoins With polychrome and gold decoration in the center of a bouquet of flowers, the wing of a series of pink and yellow flowers interspersed and a blue ribbon, gold fillet on the edge, two chips restored on the edge, minor wear D. 24.5 cm. Provenance : most certainly from the service " blue ribbon, carmine souvenir blue ", bought on 17 thermidor An VI (August 4, 1798), by the citizen Girardot, perhaps Jean Girardot de Marigny, for the citizen Pascal ; or from the service " blue ribbon jasmine and souvenirs ", delivered on 27 nivôse An VIII (January 17, 1800), on the order of the Ministry of the Interior to the citizen Lemercier and Company, merchant-merchants. Notes : A preparatory drawing is preserved in the archives of the Sèvres factory, number 189. For a full commentary on these deliveries, see by David Peters, Sèvres plates and services of the 18th century, Little Berkhamsted, 2015, pp .1207 and 1243-1244.
