313 - SÈVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE RANDAN CASTLE SERVICE, PRESENTED BY KING LOUIS-PHILIPPE TO HIS SISTER, MADAME ADÉLAÏDE

SÈVRES PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE RANDAN CASTLE SERVICE, PRESENTED BY KING LOUIS-PHILIPPE TO HIS SISTER, MADAME ADÉLAÏDE Porcelain soup plate, with a green “moufle” ground, featuring a polychrome decoration of floral arrangements in three oval medallions, surrounded by gold-printed foliage from which polychrome butterflies emerge; in the center, a polychrome painted bouquet of flowers, including roses, tulips, and barbel; gold fillet on the rim and foot. Wear to the gold, small losses of polychrome, chips on the foot. Royal Sèvres Manufactory, July Monarchy period, 1839. Blue stamp marks bearing the King’s cipher dated 1839; mark of the gilder Jean-Louis Moyez (active 1818–1848); mark of the painter of flowers and ornaments Jacques Sinsson (active 1795–1846). Diameter: 24.5 cm. Provenance A service known as “green muffle ground, floral groups, gold ornamental impressions,” commissioned by Louis-Philippe as early as 1838 for 60 place settings, which the King had intended from the outset to present to his sister, Madame Adélaïde, using his personal funds. Entered the Sèvres sales warehouse on May 21, 1842 (Arch. Sèvres, Vv3, 102–4), the first shipment of 1,048 pieces was delivered to Randan in April 1842 (Vbb 10, 17v) “for H.R.H. Princess Adélaïde,” including, notably, 120 soup plates. She inherited the Randan estate in 1821 from her mother, the Dowager Duchess of Orléans, and turned it into a sort of private retreat; we know of the deep affection her brother had for her, particularly since their exile to England in 1808. A restocking of 314 pieces was carried out in May 1844.