A Sèvres shell-shaped dish, c.1787, painted with puce flower garlands around a central gilt and puce

A Sèvres shell-shaped dish, c.1787, painted with puce flower garlands around a central gilt and puce scroll roundel including four interlaced L monograms, puce interlaced Ls mark enclosing date letters KK, painter's mark for Choisy, 22cm.

The decoration matches a service ordered in 1757 by Louis XV for use at Chateau de Fontainebleau. Although various supplements were ordered for the service up to and including 1787, this dish shows signs of refiring and was probably not originally part of the service. Cf. David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services, vol. II, no. 57-1, pp. 297-299.