English and European Ceramics and Glass - 21st April 2015
Lot 266
A Sèvres part dessert service c.1788
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £4800
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Description
A Sèvres part dessert service c.1788, decorated with continuous bands of blue convolvulus between yellow borders, and with further similar sprays, interlaced LL marks and ll date codes. Comprising: two monteiths, two sauce tureens and covers, two circular tazzae or syllabub stands, and twelve ice cups. (20)
Cf. David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Vol. IV, p. 867-8, service no.88-15, for a full listing of the Zone Jonquilles Volubilis service in the Sales Registers. The service was ordered in 1788 by a Parisian lady named Mme Huber.