Set of four Sevres (French 1740), gilded soft paste porcelain plates, 1784, having a gilded Bleu Celeste lip with reserves containing various floral sprays encircling a maroon roundel framed by a band of pearls surrounding three roses, marked to the underside with interlaced L's, three black and one blue, enclosing the date letters 'gg' for 1784, decorator's marks for Antoine-Toussaint Cornaille (French 1735-1812), and two with gilder marks for Michel-Barnab Chavaux (French, active Sevres 1752-1788).

Note: These plates are likely from a 288 piece dinner service presented by Louis XVI to his brother-in-law Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Governor of Lombardy, on June 12, 1786. A soup plate from that service is held in the collections of the Musee du Louvre, Department of Decorative Arts, OA 11916.

Approximate dimensions: dia. 9.375".

Inherent firing and glaze, one plate with gilded over chip to rim and glazed over chip to the underside of the lip, one with chip to foot, some accretions, varying degrees of gilt loss and utensil marks, no apparent restorations.