178 - Hemispherical fruit bowl made of hard porcelain

Hemispherical fruit bowl made of hard porcelain Decorated with three polychrome oval cartouches in reserve depicting landscapes: a view of the English Garden in Chantilly, another of the opening of the Pierrefonds Underground Passages on both sides, and a third of the surroundings of the Pierre de Couard, within a rectangular gold frame decorated with palmettes at the corners, each cartouche alternating with a decoration of artistic trophies in gold; a frieze of volutes and palmettes along the upper rim; a frieze of palmettes and oak leaves in brown on a Nanking-blue background in the lower section; the same decoration on the inner rim; the gold foot is partially amati. Royal Sèvres Manufactory, Louis XVIII period. Mark with the intertwined “LL” initials of King Louis XVIII, centered on a fleur-de-lis marked “Sèvres” in blue. H. 13.5 x D. 20 cm. Provenance From one of the two dessert services described as “Nankin ground, landscapes, views of France,” the first of which entered the Sèvres sales warehouse on November 27, 1818, was purchased and delivered to the Duke of Gloucester in February 1819, comprising a set of 40 ordinary dinner plates, 8 fruit bowls, 4 fruit bowls, 2 sugar bowls, and 2 ice buckets in the “Vase B” shape (Sèvres Archives, Vu1, 113 v°-60, Vz3, 145–146, and Pb4, 1817, no. 3); the second, received at the warehouse on February 23, 1821 (Arch. Sèvres, Vu1, 157-28) and purchased by a certain Mr. Sloper in July 1821 (Vz4, 46 v°), consisting of 24 ordinary dinner plates, 4 stemmed fruit bowls, 2 rimmed fruit bowls at 25 francs each, 2 sugar bowls, 4 fruit bowls, 2 ice buckets, and 2 jasmine baskets. Each fruit bowl sold for 120 francs. Related Works - A fruit bowl from the dessert service featuring “Nanjing-style landscapes, views of France, etc.,” purchased by Mr. Sloper, Sèvres, Louis XVIII period, sold by the Royal Provenance gallery. - A pair of plates from the same service, Sèvres, circa 1820, sold at Artcurial Paris on April 7, 2011, lot 265.