A Soft-Paste Sèvres Porcelain Plate, 1786 from the Comte de Aranda Service
With the factory mark in blue enclosing the date letters ii for 1786, adjacent painter’s mark B.n. for Nicolas Bulidon (active at Sèvres 1763-92) over gilder’s mark 2000 for Henry-François Vincent (active at Vincennes and Sèvres 1753-1806).
From the lavish service presented by Louis XVI to the departing Spanish Ambassador to France, the Comte de Aranda (Conde d’Aranda) in 1787.
