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Lot 445
Three boxes of J & G Meakin poppy design ironstone tea, coffee and dinnerware items including; teapot, coffee pot, mugs, plates, bowls, water jug, milk jug, lidded tureens etc. Together with a box of Midwinter Staffordshire china to include; teapot, coffee pot, cups, milk jug, sucrier, bowls, plate etc. (3)(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 141
A Sèvres bleu-lapis ground milk jug and cover (Pot à lait Hébert), circa 1758Painted by Vincent Taillandier with thick spiralling blue-ground ribbons edged with two parallel gilt bands enclosing stylised floral elements, alternated with a white ground set with polychrome trails of flowers, applied diagonally over pot and cover, the cover with a small yellow carnation finial, the interlacing handle picked out in gilding, 13.5cm high interlaced LL monogram in blue enclosing date letter E for 1758, painter's mark for Taillandier (finial restuck) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the Collection of Dr. Johannes Ralph LafrenzAnother pot à lait Hébert of a similar costly type of decoration but with more common green alternating bands is in the Royal Collections (See: G. de Bellaigue, French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Vol. III, cat.no. 257). Here the author notes that the earliest reference to ribbon decoration, dated 1757, occur in the sales' ledger and in Lazare Duvaux's Livre-Journal. In that and the following year a number of pieces were sold which were painted with ribbons coloured in bleu lapis, bleu céleste and rose and, most often, green ground colours. Vincent Taillandier was working at the factory as a painter of flowers and ground patterns from 1753 to 1790 (See: D. Peters, Sèvres plates and services of the 18th century, Vol. I)Another pot à lait Hébert with a bleu-celeste ground was sold at Christie's Paris, 6 December 2001, lot 169.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 203
Two Sèvres hard-paste plates from the service fleurettes et papillons colorés, dated 1822Each with a central butterfly surrounded by pink forget-me-not sprigs, the rim with elaborate swags of the same flower in pink and blue, hanging from a gilt stiff foliate band alternated with gold dots, 23.4cm diam, printed interlaced double L enclosing a fleur-de-lys and date mark 1822 over a script 'MC 27 Juin' in gold to both, C.D in black, and various impressed and incised marks including 20-5 and 18-5 respecively (2)Footnotes:The service described as service fleurettes et papillons colorés in the sale records in 1822 was later divided and part of it delivered to the château de Compiègne in 1824. The remainder went to Monsieur Roux de la Rochelle in 1834. Unfortunately, it is not possible to determine which part the present lot belonged, as none of the service remains at Compiègne.Twelve dessert plates from the service were sold at Christie's New York, 20 April 2007, lot 251, and another two at Christie's London, 27 November 2013, lot 45.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 214
A SÈVRES OVAL DISH FROM THE SERVICE FOR THE COMTESSE D'ARTOIS (COMPOTIER OVALE), DATED 1789Painted by A.-T. Cornailles with a rose spray surrounded by a blue-ground pearl border and gilt dentil bands in the well, the rim with a band of alternating roses and cornflowers on a maroon ground interspersed with four similar medallions enclosing pansies between gilt beaded and laurel leaf borders, 27.4cm long, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter mm in purple, painter's mark for A.-T. Cornailles and gilder's mark for E.-G. GirardFootnotes:Provenance:Purchased by Marie-Thérèse de Savoie, comtesse d'Artois, on 27 June 1789This expensive service purchased by the comtesse d'Artois in June 1789 was meant for use by the comte and comtesse in their Versailles apartments, being described as pour Versailles [for Versailles] in the sale records. Due to the revolution however it is unlikely the service saw much use, as the comte and comtesse fled the country only three weeks after delivery. There were overall six compotier ovale at a price of 42 livres each. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2015), vol. IV, no. 89-3, for a full listing and discussion of the service.Maria Theresa of Savoy was born in 1756 in Turin, the fifth child of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia. She married the Count of Artois, the youngest grandson of King Louis XV of France and the later King Charles X of France. They had four children together, two of which survived childhood. After the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, they left Versailles for Savoy. In 1791 her husband left Turin and moved to Trier, where his uncle was Archbishop-Elect. The comtesse stayed behind and the couple lived separated for the rest of their lives. She died in 1805 in Graz, Austria.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 207
Four Sèvres plates, circa 1794-95Each painted by Mlle Rosalie Chappuis with a rose spay bound together with a spray of convolvulus surrounded by a blue and gilt line circle, the rim with a garland of convolvulus encircling a thick purple line border between further blue line borders, the rims gilt, 20.8cm diam., Sèvres and painter's mark cp in blue, incised 3I (small restored rim chips)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 205
Three Sèvres plates ordered by Napoleon I for Carl Theodor von Dalberg, dated 1807Each decorated with a central gilt foliate motif surrounded by a gilt border and a wide blue-ground band imitating hardstone, the gilt rims with a floral garland border, 23.6cm diam., 'M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/ 7' stencilled in iron-red, various incised marks, one with gilt Rm (one with chip, one with older restored section to rim) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Ordered by Napoléon I for Carl Theodor von Dalberg on 30 June 1807The service called 'fond bleu caillouté guirlande et bouquets de fleurs' included 72 plates and overall cost 4004 francs. Von Dalberg was archevêque de Mayence and Prince Primat de la Conféderation du Rhin until he was replaced in 1813 by Napoléon for Eugène de Beauharnais. See Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), cat.no. 99For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 209
A Sèvres deep dish from the service purchased by the Comte de Montmorin (compotier rond), dated 1787Painted by Mlle Fontaine with a central flower spray composed of fuchsia and horse chestnut surrounded by a blue-ground band with a gilt foliate border, the rim with a loose garland of fuchsia and horse chestnut between two further blue-ground bands, the rim gilt, 21.2cm diam., interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letters KK in blue, painter's mark for Mlle Fontaine, gilder's mark for Henri-Martin Prévost, incised 2 (minor wear to gilding)Footnotes:Provenance:Purchased by Armand-Marc, comte de Montmorin de Saint-Hérem, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1787-1791), on 24 May 1787There were overall 36 compotier ronds in the service at a price of 30 livres each. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), IV, no. 87-5, pp.829f, for further details on the service.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 202
Fourteen Sèvres plates from the 'Service de Dessert Marly Rouge' for the Emperor Napoleon, circa 1809En-suite with the previous lot, each with a white cavetto, the gilt-edged, red-ground rim with a border of formal gilt foliage within two gilt lines, 23.7cm diam., 'M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/ 1809' stencilled in iron-red, gilt marks and various incised marks (14)Footnotes:Provenance: Delivered to the Emperor Napoleon at the Palais de Fontainebleau on 7th, 8th and 18th October 1809;Listed among the property taken by the Emperor to Elba in April 1814;Given in 1829 to Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (1805-1870) by his father, the Emperor's youngest brother, Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia between 1807-13, probably on the occasion of the former's wedding to Susan May Williams (1812-81) in 1829; Thence given in 1875 to Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851-1921) and his wife Ellen Channing-Day (1852-1924) on the occasion of their wedding; thence given to Ellen Bonaparte's godson, Robert Wood Williams, Sr. (1890-1984) and Helen Macqueen Gibbs Williams, probably on the occasion of their wedding in 1924;Thence by descent to the present ownerAnother set of 12 plates with butterflies with the same provenance was sold in these rooms, 5 July 2018, lot 223.For a discussion of the dessert service 'fond rouge, papillons et fleurs', commissioned for Compiègne but delivered in October 1809 to Fontainebleau, shortly before the Emperor's arrival there on 26th October for a stay of a little over two weeks, see Camille Le Prince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), p. 72, and p. 278 for the entry of 11 October 1809 in the Magasin de Vente, including the composition of the service, which had a total value of 18,580 francs. Other table and coffee services were delivered to Fontainebleau at the same time, including a service with beau bleu ground that was also originally intended for Compiègne (S. Wittwer, Raffinesse & Eleganz (2007), cat. no. 64). In the imperial hierarchy, Fontainebleau ranked second among the country estates, just after Saint Cloud, and required furnishings commensurate with its importance (Le Prince, p. 72).In the archive transcription these plates with red borders and gilding but without butterflies are listed as '36 assiettes avec marly rouge pour assiettes montées'. There seems to be a group of services with 'asiettes montées' or 'pour monter', or 'assiettes avec bordure seule'. The first mention of these plates with decorated borders for use in mounting appears to be the 'Service à Guirlande de Fleurs sur Fond d'Or', entered in the magazin de vente 26 October 1808.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 165
A Sèvres plate from the service given by Louis XVI to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, circa 1785Painted by Michel-Gabriel Commelin with roses on a maroon ground surrounded by a band of pearls and gilt borders, the blue ground rim reserved with three cartouches enclosing flowers surrounded by berried laurel garlands and flanked by gilt foliage, alternating with gilt floral and foliate motifs and gilt beaded bands, 13.9cm diam., interlaced LL monogram in blue and painter's mark for Commelin, gilder's mark for Chauvaux l'aîné, incised 24 (crack to rim with rivet on underside)Footnotes:Provenance:Given by Louis XVI, King of France, to Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus, Archduke of Austria in 1786;Property from the Collection of Dr. Johannes Ralph LafrenzFerdinand, the Archduke of Austria, was the 4th son of Franz I and Maria Theresia, and therefore the older brother of Marie-Antoinette. He and his wife, the Archduchess Maria Beatrice, visited Paris from 11 May 1786 until 18 August 1786, on which occasion they received the service. The service described as 'fond bleu céleste, Marguerites barbeaux et Roses' in the sale records included 72 plates at 36 livres each. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), IV, no. 86-4, for further details on the service and a list of pieces in public collections. The artists' ledger dated 20 January 1785 lists six assiettes from the service as having been decorated by Commelin, see Peters (2005), vol. VI, artists' list 59.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 186
A pair of Sèvres plates (Assiette à feuilles-de-choux), dated 1762Each well painted with vignettes of children in landscapes, the moulded feuille de choux rims with moulded blue-feathered panels enclosing flowers, 15.3cm diam., interlaced LL monograms enclosing date letter I, incised CT (small rim chip to one) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Sèvres Porcelain from an International Private CollectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 217
A Sèvres plate from the 'Comte d'Aranda' service, dated 1787Painted by Denis Levé with a bouquet of flowers and fruit in the well surrounded by a three gilt line borders, stylised flowers issuing from the last, the blue-ground rim reserved with three long panels edged with gilding and enclosing flower sprays, alternating with elaborate gilt foliate and floral scrollwork, 24cm diam., interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter kk, painter's mark L for Levé and gilder's mark D. for Decambos, incised 33Footnotes:Provenance:Presented by Louis XVI to Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea Ximinez de Urréa, Conde de Aranda (1718-1798);Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 24 October 2012, lot 208 (part)The service was listed in the sale records in 1787 and was given as a diplomatic gift to the Comte d'Aranda, the Spanish Ambassador-Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France from 12 September 1773 to 23 September 1787. The Count was President of the Council of Spain and principal advisor to Carlos III, King of Spain, and was an accomplished diplomat with a reputation for liberal ideas. The presentation of the service marked the conclusion of his ambassadorship in France. The gift is recorded in the Journal des Présents du Roi on 16.9.1787 as une Service de porcelaine Sève with a total price of 43,428 livres. A substantial part of the service was sold at Christie's London, 11 March 1836, lots 72-84 and 86-93. For a full discussion of the service, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), vol. IV, no. 87-7.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 53
Two Meissen plates, circa 1735-40Each painted in purple monochrome heightened in gilding with a Fabeltier, or mythical animal, in the manner of A.F. von Löwenfinck in a landscape vignette flanked by Oriental flowers, the gilt-edged, wavy rims with a border of purple scrolling foliage and three flower sprigs within a gilt line, 23cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue (2)Footnotes:A similar plate from the collection of Brigitte Britzke, Bad Pyrmont, was sold in these rooms, 15 December 2016, lot 93.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 196
A Sèvres blue-ground ornithological dessert plate from the 'Sudell Service' (assiette à dessert), dated 1792Painted by Charles-Théodore Buteux with a yellow Troupial in the well, the blue-ground rim reserved with three panels enclosing two further birds and the modified Sudell family arms, surrounded by elaborate gilt scrollwork, the birds titled on the reverse, 20.6cm diam., interlaced LL monogram in blue and date letter pp, painter's mark T.B. for C-T Buteux and gilder's mark for L'Écot, incised 24 (some scratches and minor wear)Footnotes:Provenance:Purchased 31 December 1792 by Messieurs Lanos et Perregaux of Paris as intermediaries for Mr Sudell;Dutch Private Collection, sold Christie's London, 28 June 1993, lot 27;Sèvres Porcelain from an International Private CollectionThe birds titled on the reverse are:Le CarougeTroupialle noir de S. domingueTroupialle jaune a Calotte noire de Cayenne.The decoration of the service is after François Nicolas Martinet's illustrations for the comte de Buffon's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux which was published in ten volumes between 1770 and 1786.See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), vol. IV, no. 92-31 for a full discussion of the service. The present lot is mentioned by Peters as having its coat of arms modified into an enlarged oval, same as an assiette unie at Arlington Court, Devonshire.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 102
A Meissen plate from the 'Philosophisches Service' for the Marquis D'Argens, circa 1760Painted with four trophies within floral borders emblematic of music, architecture, measurement and wise government, and a hand holding scales in the centre emblematic of Justice, brown-edged wavy rim, 23.4cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 54 (very minor wear)Footnotes:This service was famously ordered to his own design by Frederick the Great of Prussia for his friend and advisor, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens. The opportunity arose during the Prussian occupation of Saxony in the Seven Years War when, in Spring 1760, he was headquartered near Meissen. The king offered a gift of porcelain to his friend, who gratefully accepted and countered with an invitation to dine from the service at a 'philosophical' feast. This inspired Frederick to design the service himself, with the phrase 'Dubium initium sapientiae [est]' after Aristotle inscribed on the finial of the tureen and on a dish. The relatively modest scale of the service - a total of 48 plates for twelve diners and no soup or dessert plates - underscores that it was intended as an intimate gift for the private sphere. The service was delivered to the Marquis d'Argens by 22 June 1760, when he wrote an effusive letter of thanks to the king. A large portion of the service was acquired in 2000 by the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg and is now displayed in the appartement of the Marquis d'Argens in the Neues Palais in Potsdam.See Dag Nabrdalik, DUBIUM INITIUM SAPIENTA - Das philosophische Tafelservice Friedrichs des Großen aus der Meißener Porzellanmanufaktur für Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, in Keramos 201 (2008), pp. 41-54, for a thorough discussion of the service and associated correspondence, and Samuel Wittwer, 'hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verfettigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret' - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, in Keramos 208 (2010), pp. 17-80, for the Prussian king's interest in Meissen porcelain. Another plate from the service was sold in these Rooms, 14 December 2016, lot 125.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 166
A Sèvres plate, circa 1794Painted by P.-J.-B. Vandé (fils) with a central bouquet of pink flowers and gilt wheat sheafs surrounded by a garland of blue forget-me-nots and leaves encircling a gilt line band and a gilt line border encircled with gilt foliage, the rim with a border between two blue lines of a foliate garland of blue forget-me-nots under foliate pink flowers issuing from the rim interconnected by gilt diagonal foliate branches, gilt dentil rims, 24cm diam., interlaced LL monogram and painter's mark v..d. for Vandé, incised 24 (some chips)Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the Collection of Dr. Johannes Ralph LafrenzThe plate can be attributed to a service purchased by Madame Lefebvre, née Le Clerq, a Paris marchand-mercier, in 1794. The decoration is described as 'souvenirs différents' which David Peters matches to plate design no. 148 (see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), V, pp.1027f), the description of which corresponds to the present lot. Additionally the kiln books for the service state that components were painted by Vandé, another indication the plate may be from this service. A plate with similar decoration elements, but with later additional decoration from the 19th century, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Another two plates from this service were sold in these rooms, 5 July 2018, lot 208.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 220
A Sèvres large hard-paste porcelain tureen stand from the service purchased by M. de Mauroy, circa 1784The well painted with scattered flowers sprays, the rims with an scrolling pink ribbons tied in bows surrounded by floral garlands and flower sprays between gilt dot bands, the handles moulded with shells and scrollwork heightened in gilding, 47cm long, crowned interlaced LL monogram in gilding, date mark gg and traces of painters' marksFootnotes:Provenance:Acquired by Pierre-Edme-Berthelin de Mauroy, Inspecteur de la Manufacture Royale de Sèvres, on November 25, 1784Various letters in the Sèvres archives between de Mauroy and Regnier, the factory director, point to the fact that de Mauroy was acting as an intermediary and purchasing the service on behalf of a third party. For a full discussion of the service which included four tureens with stands, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), 84-12, III, pp. 727f.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 146
A Sèvres blue-ground plate (Assiette à palmes), circa 1769Painted by J-J. Pierre (le jeune) with scattered roses in the well, the rim with a bleu Fallot-ground reserved with flower sprigs against a pattern of gilt dotted circles, the moulded edge of the rim embellished in gilding, 24.8cm diameter, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter q and painter's mark P' for Pierre (le jeune) in puce, incised CT (restuck section to rim)Footnotes:Provenance:English Private Collection since the 1930s;Anon. sale, Bonhams Oxford, 17 October 2012, lot 233;Purchased in the above sale, Property from the Collection of Dr. Johannes Ralph LafrenzThe present lot may have been from one of two Rozes et Mosaïque services, the service purchased by Milord Comte D'harcourt, probably 1st Earl Harcourt, on 1 October 1769, or the service purchased the duc de Choiseul in December 1769.See D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the Eighteenth Century (2005), II, nos. 69-5 and 69-7 for a full discussion of both services.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 200
A set of twenty Sèvres hard-paste dessert plates from the 'Service Fond Bleu Figures en Brun', circa 1808Each painted by Pierre-André Le Guay, with a classical figure painted in brown and heightened in gilding in imitation of bronze, on a faux agate ground, the blue-ground rim with a formal border of gilt anthemia and lotus, 23.5cm diam., each with traces of factory marks, various incised marks (20)Footnotes:Provenance:With Gerald Sattin, London, in 1988 (some);With Seidenberg Antiques, New York (the remainder);Sèvres Porcelain from an International Private CollectionOne plate depicts an enthroned figure inscribing a tablet 'Empire Francais'.See Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no. 114, and Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain in the British Museum (1994), pp. 215-217, no. 179, for a full discussion of the service. Another plate is in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Aileen Dawson (1994), no. 179. Other plates from the service are in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (Accession no. 1987.224) and The Art Institute of Chicago (Gift of Alfred Duane Pell, 1904.225).The service first appears in the sale records in 1806 under the name 'service Leguay', after the artist Le Guay, who was paid 19 francs and 40 centimes for 'figures en brun rehaussés d'or' on six plates from August-September 1806. It arrived at the factory factory saleroom on 8 March 1808, where it was entered into the sale register as 'Service de dessert sur fond beau bleu figures en brun rehaussées en or sur fond caillouté'. The figures have been identified as having been after engravings by Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (1780-1850), who later worked at the factory between 1812 and 1835. It is unknown who the service was originally intended for and it ended up staying on the factory shelves until the auction between December 1826 and January 1827.A plate from the service sold at Christie's New York, 14 June 2017, lot 175, and four further plates were sold at Sotheby's London, 22 January 2020, lot 260.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 103
A Meissen dessert dish from the 'Brühl'sche Allerlei' service, circa 1746Probably modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, painted with with a flower spray and hazelnuts, the wavy gilt-edged rim moulded with shells and pierced trellis panels interspersed with pierced flower sprays picked out in polychrome enamels, 24.2cm diam., crossed swords mark above a dot in underglaze-blue, impressed 21 (rim section restuck)Footnotes:Provenance:From the service commissioned by Heinrich Graf von Brühl in 1742 and listed at his death in 1763 in his Dresden palace in the AugustusstrasseThe 'Brühlsche Allerlei' service was one of the most magnificent table services made at the Meissen manufactory and is comparable in scale and ambition to the better-known Swan Service. The service has been thoroughly discussed by Johanna Lessmann, Das 'Brühlsche Allerlei' Ein Service für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, in U. Pietsch (ed.), Schwwanenservice (2000), pp. 106-123. It originally comprised over 2000 pieces, including dinner, dessert and coffee services, and at Brühl's death in 1763, still included 145 soup plates and 269 dinner plates. Most of the modelling work on the service appears to have been done by J.F. Eberlein and J.G. Ehder, whose work records include numerous references to the service. Two large quantities from the service were sold by Sotheby's London, 8 July 1997, lot 57; and by Sotheby's New York, 21 November 2014, lot 1304. A similar dessert dish from the service is in the Dresden porcelain collection, published in U. Pietsch (ed.), Schwanenservice (2000), no. 151.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 204
A PAIR OF SÈVRES YELLOW-GROUND PLATES FROM A SERVICE GIVEN BY NAPOLEON I TO THE COMTE DE SÉGUR, DATED 1812Each reserved with a central gilt-edged circular panel enclosing a large flower spray, the rim with a gilt foliate border with iron-red flowers, 23.6cm diam., M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/arrowhead stencilled in iron-red, TB. monogram in iron-red, * in purple to one, unidentifiable gilt mark, incised 10, cc and further incised marks and letters (minor stacking wear to yellow ground) (2)Footnotes:The service was given by Napoleon I on 30 June 1806 to Louis Philippe de Ségur, Grand Master of Ceremonies, on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Stéphanie de Beauharnais to Karl, Prince of Baden, later Grand Duke of Baden; see Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no.73, p. 261. The service included 72 plates and cost in total 2,254 francs. There were several later additions to this service, of which these are two.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 206
A pair of Tournai plates, circa 1775Painted with water birds in landscape vignettes in the well, the lobed gilt-edged rims decorated with four flower sprays in blue camaieu within gilt foliate scrollwork cartouches, 24cm diam., pseudo crossed swords and dot marks, incised marks (very minor scratches) (2)Footnotes:A pair of similarly decorated plates are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and a similar dish which was decorated in The Hague is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 170
Various items of European porcelain, 19th century and laterComprising: eight hard-paste Sèvres style plates after 18th century originals, a modern hard-paste porcelain tulip, a Sèvres style lobed oval dish with putto in monochrome colours, a Worcester cup and saucer of Jabberwocky pattern, circa 1770, two Wedgwood cups and covers (one in creamware and one jasper ware), three Sèvres-style plates, all with different decoration, a Sèvres style flower vase, a Sèvres-style turquoise-ground cup and saucer, and a hard-paste porcelain neo-classical cup and saucer with a scale pattern, a later-decorated Sèvres blue-ground helmet-shaped jug (pot à lait aiguière), the plates: 25.5cm diam., various marks (25)Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the Collection of Dr. Johannes Ralph LafrenzFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 194
A Sèvres plate, dated 1789Painted by Mme M-J-B. Bunel with a central rose spray surrounded by a blue line heightened with gilt S scrolls, the rim with a border of flowers issuing from a blue ground band under a blue foliate scroll border, 13.8cm diam., interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter mm, painter's mark mb for Mme Bunel, incised 24 (very minor wear)Footnotes:Provenance:Probably from the service supplied to MM Boyd Kerr et Compagnie, for M Jaques Gordon on 5 November 1789;Sèvres Porcelain from an International Private CollectionSee David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005), vol. IV, no. 89-10, for further details on the service.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 197
A pair of Paris, Dagoty, porcelain topographical plates, early 19th centuryEach depicting a landscape, titled in gilding on reverse 'Ruine près Vienne' and 'Vûe de la Ville Imp le et R le/ Idrie dans le duché de carniole', the rims with a grey-ground and gilt formal border, 13.8cm diam., Manufacture/ de S. M. l'Impératrice / P.L. DAGOTY/ A Paris stencilled in iron-red (2)Footnotes:Provenance:With Gerald Sattin, London (purchased 2 January 1990);Sèvres Porcelain from an International Private CollectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 201
Twelve Sèvres plates from the 'Service de dessert Marly Rouge' for the Emperor Napoleon, circa 1809Each decorated in the centre with a butterfly reserved against a pale-blue ground within a colourful floral wreath bound with gilt ribbons against a burnished gilt band, the gilt-edged, red-ground rim with a border of formal gilt foliage within two gilt lines, 23.7cm diam. 'M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/ 1809' stencilled in iron-red, gilt marks and various incised marks (12)Footnotes:Provenance: A gift of Napoleon I to the ambassador Ferdinando, Conte Marescalchi;Thence by descent to the current ownerFerdinando Marescalchi (26 February 1754, Bologna - 22 June 1816, Modena) was a notable Italian diplomat and politician. When the French invaded Italy, he led the faction which openly declared their support of Napoleon, and he came to the attention of Bonaparte himself, who placed much trust and confidence in him.He was a strong supporter of the political reform of 1796 and when the Cispadane Republic was formed that year he became part of its executive directory. The Cispadane Republic sent him to Vienna as its plenipotentiary in 1799, but he was only able to gain a single audience with Francis I of Austria. Soon the Russo-Austrian invasion of Italy forced him and his colleagues to flee to France until they were able to return after the Battle of Marengo. In July 1800 he was made the Cispadane Republic's representative to Paris. He took part in the 1801-02 'Consulte de Lyon' in the former chapel of the Jesuit college of the trinity, where he is also depicted amongst the council in a complex and large painting by Nicolas-André Monsiau (1806-07). The Council at first suggested electing an Italian statesman as president, but no willing candidate could be found. Talleyrand then intervened and suggested that the Italians elect Bonaparte himself, due to the presence of French troops in Italy and the reluctance of the other Italian states to recognise the Cisalpine Republic - this suggestion was accepted, with Marescalchi's full support.Marescalchi lived in Paris as the Republic's foreign minister from 1802 to 1805. He was strongly supported in his work by Bernier, bishop of Orléans, who with Giovanni Battista Caprara co-organised the Concordat between Rome and Italian Republic, signed in Paris on 9 September 1803. Marescalchi also assisted in the coronation of Napoleon I on 2 December 1804. After the inauguration of Napoleon as King of Italy, Marescalchi became his representative in France, but with limited autonomy in Italy. He and Emmanuel Crétet signed a Franco-Italian trade treaty on 20 June 1808. He rented Hôtel de Massa as his Paris residence. Napoleon also made Marescalchi a count of the Kingdom of Italy in December 1810 and grand chancellor of the Order of the Iron Crown and a member of all the Napoleonic orders. He was also member of the electoral college of Reno. After Marescalchi's return to Bologna, Napoleon visited him twice. By this time Marescalchi's collection of Old Master paintings was renowned. It attracted much admiration, including that of Stendhal who, after a visit to Mareschalchi's palazzo wrote in his memoirs: 'in the house of Mr. Marescalchi there is a room to envy. It is full of exquisite paintings by Guido Reni, Guercino, Carracci. It's not the usual stuff. It is valued at 500,000 francs.' After Napoleon's abdication, Marie-Louise of Austria made Marescalchi governor of the Grand Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. He was also the Austrian emperor's plenipotentiary at Modena, where he died on 22 June 1816.For a discussion of the dessert service 'fond rouge, papillons et fleurs', commissioned for Compiègne but delivered in October 1809 to Fontainebleau, shortly before the Emperor's arrival there on 26th October for a stay of a little over two weeks see Camille Le Prince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), p. 72, and p. 278 for the entry of 11 October 1809 in the Magasin de Vente, including the composition of the service, which had a total value of 18,580 francs. Other table and coffee services were delivered to Fontainebleau at the same time, including a service with beau bleu ground that was also originally intended for Compiègne (S. Wittwer, Raffinesse & Eleganz (2007), cat. no. 64). In the imperial hierarchy, Fontainebleau ranked second among the country estates, just after Saint Cloud, and required furnishings commensurate with its importance (Le Prince, p. 72).The service comprised 180 plates, thirty-six plates (without the butterfly and floral wreath in the centre) for mounting as fruit plates, sixteen compotiers (of which half had dolphin feet), four footed bowls, four sugar bowls with eagle heads, two ice pails with elephant heads, two ice coolers of 'forme Olympique', four baskets 'forme Jasmin' and four shallower baskets. An additional four sugar bowls 'à dauphin olympique' were listed separately as a cost of 1400 francs, and four more plates were listed on 18 October 1809, and another on 25 March 1811 (Wittwer, ibid.).Two other plates from the service were sold in these Rooms, 3 December 2008, lots 371 and 372, the first of which was acquired by the Chateau de Fontainebleau. Another plate was sold in these rooms 25 May 2011, lot 363, and two more on 12 December 2012, lots 238 and 240. A further group of twelve plates were sold in these rooms on 5 July 2018, lot 223. A group comprising one of the ice pails with elephant heads, two of the sugar bowls with eagle heads, one footed bowl, six compotiers, as well as twelve plates, was sold from the estate of David Rockefeller (Christie's New York, 9 May 2018, lot 118).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 188
A BLACK JAPANNED CABINET ON A GILTWOOD STAND EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER with gilt raised decoration depicting chinoiserie scenes of figures, buildings and trees, the watery landscapes with engraved gilt brass mounts, strapwork hinges and lock plates, the interior fitted with ten drawers, on a later giltwood stand, carved with cherubs, leaves and flowers 163.8cm high, 119cm wide, 62cm deep Provenance The Collection of the late Frederick 'Freddie' Stockdale (1947-2018) and Adele Stockdale, Eastwood Farm, East Sussex.
Lot 316
A FRENCH POLYORAMA PANOPTIQUE VIEWER LATE 19TH CENTURY with printed paper label 'Polyorama Panoptique Brevet de Invention S G tie du Gouvt', with twenty-four hand-coloured engraved plates, with printed titles, including: Palermo, Edinburgh, Champs-Elysee, the Tower of London and Napoleon's Tomb, contained in a mahogany case (26) 27cm high, 36.2cm wide Provenance From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980).
Lot 353
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY 'SALT BOX' DIAL CLOCK BY EDWARD MAUD LONDON, C. 1790 the brass single fusee eight day movement, with a verge escapement and tapering plates, the 12in brass circular dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, with pierced hand s, signed 'Edw Maud, St. Pauls Church Yard, London', the glazed door with a moulded brass bezel and in a moulded outer case 40.3cm high, 40cm diameter Catalogue Note Baillie states that an Edward Maude was working in London between 1784-1795.
Lot 554
ELEVEN 'POMONA' HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF FRUIT AFTER GEORGE BROOKSHAW (1751-1823) depicting, peaches, cherries, strawberries, melon, apples, figs and a pineapple, eight with tablets, inscribed 'Painted & Published as the Act directs by the Author G. Brookshaw May 1805', plates: IX, XV, XXIV, LII, LXXIV, LXXX, LXXXVII, LXXXIX and three without tablets and plate numbers, in glazed faux green tortoiseshell frames (11) 41.3 x 31cm Provenance Daphne Fielding, 6th Marchioness of Bath (1904-1997) and by descent.
Lot 555
FOUR 'TEMPLE OF FLORA' BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS AFTER PHILIP REINAGLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY by Thomas Sutherland, William Stadler and James Caldwell, hand-coloured aquatints, comprising: a 'Group of Auriculas', the 'Queen Flower', 'Large Flowering Sensitive Plants', 'The Narrow-leaved Kalmia', mounted in glazed gilt frames (4) 50 x 39cm (max) Provenance By repute, Sharrow Hall, Ripon. Literature Dr Robert John Thornton, 'The Temple of Flora', or 'Garden of Nature' (London, 1810-1812). These two works were published as part of Sir Robert Thornton's famous 'The Temple of Flora', described as 'the most strikingly beautiful set of flower plates ever to be printed in England' (Alan Thomas, Great Books and Book Collectors, p.144).
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