ID 1134538
Lot 37 | EIGHT SEVRES PORCELAIN 'PARASOL CHINOIS' PATTERN PLATES
Valeur estimée
£ 12 000 – 18 000
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.
| Fabricant: | Usine de porcelaine Sèvres |
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| Technique appliquée: | Poterie |
| Matériel: | Céramique, Porcelaine |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets, Assiettes & Plats |
| Fabricant: | Usine de porcelaine Sèvres |
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| Technique appliquée: | Poterie |
| Matériel: | Céramique, Porcelaine |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets, Assiettes & Plats |
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