EIGHT SEVRES PORCELAIN `PARASOL CHINOIS` PATTERN PLATES - photo 1
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EIGHT SEVRES PORCELAIN `PARASOL CHINOIS` PATTERN PLATES

Lot 37
08.02.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 37 | EIGHT SEVRES PORCELAIN 'PARASOL CHINOIS' PATTERN PLATES
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£ 12 000 – 18 000
EIGHT SEVRES PORCELAIN 'PARASOL CHINOIS' PATTERN PLATES

CIRCA 1792, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS PP, VARIOUS PAINTER AND GILDER MARKS

Each with a spray of roses within gilt beaded beau bleu ribbon, the border with a shaded yellowish-green pleated ribbon within puce lines and suspending flower swags and cornflowers

9 ½ in. (24.5 cm.) diameter





Provenance

Probably from a set of 120 assiettes unies with 'Parasols Chinois' decoration, purchased by William Beckford in two tranches: 72 acquired on 13 March 1792, and a further 48 acquired via the marchand-mercier Madame Lefebvre, on 23 November 1792, probably among purchases made in Paris to furnish Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (subsequently dispersed at auction).



Four of the plates: Anonymous sale; Ader, Tajan, Paris, 29 June 1994, lot 89.

Purchased from John Whitehead, 12 July 1994.



One of the plates: Purchased from John Whitehead, London, 21 July 1997.



Two of the plates: William Beckford circa 1792 (120 plates - two similar designs - purchased from the Sevres factory).

Earl of Sefton, Croxteth Hall; Christie's in association with Corkhill & Job, Liverpool, 17-20 September 1973 (12 plates).

With Partridge & Co, London.

Christian Dior, Paris.

The Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 30 June 1980, lot 82 (twelve plates), lot 83 (seventeen plates [unsold]).

With Robert Williams, London.

Sir J.H. Plumb, Cambridge, New York, private collector.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 October 2010, lot 514.



Literature

J. Whitehad, 'Some French Purchases by William Beckford', The Beckford Journal 2, Spring 1996, p. 41.

D.E. Ostergard, William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, Yale, 2001, p. 330, cat. no. 48.



Exhibited

New York, Bard Graduate Centre, William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, 2001-2002, then London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2002, no. 48.
Manufactur:Sèvres Porcelain Factory
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Porcelain
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes
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