Two dinner plates, entrée service, from the Manufacture royale de Sèvres, delivered to Louis-Philippe, called "des hommes célèbres français". Services used for the castles of Saint-Cloud and Compiègne, in hard porcelain, white, agate-blue wings with gilded palmettes, centers adorned with a gilded rosette; on the back, they bear the blue Sèvres marks for the years 1832 and 1842, and the red mark of the Château de Saint-Cloud; diameter 24 cm. (a small chip on one and two on the other); Louis-Philippe period; good condition. A white porcelain plate with scalloped edge, decorated with a blue and gold fillet; in the center, the Order of the Garter and, in the middle, a gold Legion of Honor; back signed "Le Rosey, 17 rue de la Paix Paris"; diameter 22.5 cm; Third Republic period; very good condition.

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