Sèvres Porcelain
A Pair of Sèvres Porcelain Plates, 1768
Dia.24.7cm
Dia.9 3/4in
Dia.9 3/4in
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This pair of assiette à palmes have a bleu céleste ground. The border has three reserves of flowers with gilding of palm branches and flower garlands. In the centre, a bird sits in a tree.
From the collection of the first Duke of Abercorn.
Factory marks in blue enclosing the date letter P for 1768, painter’s mark cp for Antoine-Joseph Chappuis. The birds are named in black on the reserve of each plate: Coucou vert de Cayenne and Manaquin à Gorge jeaune.
Private Collection, France, 2015