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FOUR SEVRES ROYAL PRESENTATION PLATES, 1785

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FOUR SEVRES ROYAL PRESENTATION PLATES, 1785
FOUR SEVRES ROYAL PRESENTATION PLATES, 1785
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Description
Set of four Sevres (French 1740), gilded soft paste porcelain plates, 1785, 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 blue interlaced L's enclosing the date letters 'hh' for 1785, and decorator's marks for Nicolas Bulidon (French, active Sevres 1763-1792).

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".
Condition
Inherent firing and glaze, one with chip to foot, one with glazed over chip to rim, varying degrees of gilt loss and utensil marks, no apparent restorations.
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FOUR SEVRES ROYAL PRESENTATION PLATES, 1785

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