A Sevres Porcelain Plate 1793

Description

Heading : A Sevres Porcelain
Date : !793
Period : Louis XV1
Marks :Blue painted interlaced L’s enclosing PP year mark for 1793 and cypher for the unidentified painter
Origin :Sevres. Paris
Colour :Polychrome and gilt
Pattern :A central flower spray with narrow bands at the rim enclosing a garland of pink roses combining blue convolvulus and yellow jasmine all within narrow blue borders heightened with interlaced gilt foliate garlands
Features :The circular form with gently undulating rim.
Condition :Good. Scratched in the glaze in the cavetto. No chips or cracks
Restoration :None.
Dimensions : diameter 24cm
Weight : 516g

Eric Knowles Comments

The year 1793 is ominous in the annals of French history being that which was to witness the execution of King Louis XV1 and his Queen Marie Antoinette