Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A SEVRES PLATE FROM A SERVICE FOR MADAME DU BARRY

THE PORCELAIN C.1772-73 BUT LATER DECORATED

with a central 'DB' monogram in gilt and flowers, the rim with panels of putti alternating with baskets of flowers, blue interlaced Ls mark enclosing date letter T, P7 painter's mark

24.4cm diameter

Provenance

Woolley & Wallis, British & Continental Ceramics & Glass, 3rd September 2024, lot 216.

Catalogue Note

Please see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Vol. II, pp.495-98 for a discussion of the service produced for Maria Caroline, Queen of Naples and Sicily. A service with similar decoration was started for Madame du Barry but never finished. Examples are known with contemporary decoration and gilding, as well as with 19th century gilding and 19th century full decoration. This plate may well fall into the category of having 18th century painting but 19th century gilding.