A SET OF TWELVE SÈVRES SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN PLATES, CIRCA 1757-1758 |

with a polychrome ornementation of birds and flowers on a green background a plate marked with the interlaced letters LL, letter D for 1757, mark of the painter Guillaume Noël, five plates marked with the interlaced letters LL, without letter for date, four with the mark of the painter : &

Former collection of Maurice de Wendel in his hôtel particulier 28 avenue de New York, Paris, thence by descent to the present owner

1/ Assiette à palmes dated D for 1757 painted with flowers in center and birds on rim, mark of Guillaume Noel : the porcelain in good condition, the surface of glaze in center scratched, wears to gilding on rim. 2/ Assiette à palme with flowers in center and birds on rim, mark with interlaced L's with no painter's mark and no date letter. The painting of the bird attributed to the painter using the mark : &. Condition: the porcelain in good condition, wears to gilding on two reserves on rim. 3/ Assiette à palmes with birds in center and flowers on rim. Unmarked. Some scratching on glaze in center. Minor wears to gilding. 4/ Assiette à palmes with birds in center and flowers on rim. Unmarked. The painting of flowers attributed to Thévenet. The porcelain in good condition, wears to gidling on scrolls on one reserve on rim. 5/ Assiette à palmes with birds in center and flowers on rim, and gilded dentil filet between rim and center. Unmarked, the flower painting attributed to Thévenet. Condition : minor scratching to surface of glaze in center. Otherwise in good condition. 6/ Assiette à palmes with birds in center and flowers on rim, and gilded dentil filet between rim and center. Unmarked, the flower painting attributed to Thévenet. Condition : minor scratching to surface of glaze in center. Otherwise in good condition. 7/ Assiette à palmes with birds in center and flowers on rim, and gilded dentil filet between rim and center. Unmarked, the flower painting attributed to Thévenet. Condition : minor scratching to surface of glaze in center. A chip on edge. 8/ Assiette à palmes with birds in center and flowers on rim, and gilded dentil filet between rim and center. Unmarked, the flower painting attributed to Thévenet. Condition : scratching to surface of glaze in center. Wears and losses to gilding ot eh thee reserves on rim. 9/ Assiette à feuilles de chou with birds in center and flowers on rim, unmarked, the flowers attributed to Thévenet. Condition : Minor scrtching to surface of glaze on center. 10/ Assiette à feuilles de chou with flowers in center and birds on rim, interlaced L's mark and bird painter's mark :&, the flower painting possibly by Cornailles. Condition : the porcelain in good condition, minor wears to gilding on one reserve on rim 11/: Assiette à feuilles de chou with flowers in center and birds on rim, interlaced L's mark and bird painter's mark :&, the flower painting possibly by Cornailles. Condition : the porcelain in good condition, minor wears to gilding on one reserve on rim 12/ Assiette à feuilles de chou with flowers in center and birds on rim, interlaced L's mark and bird painter's mark :&, the flower painting possibly by Cornailles. Condition : good condition.
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The color of the slightly bluish green background, the style of the birds and the gilding make it possible to suggest a dating around 1757-1758. These plates could come either from the service offered by Louis XV to King Frederick V of Denmark in 1758, or the small green background service with twelve plates purchased by King Louis XV in 1758 through the merchant Lazare Duvaux, or service described Verd Oiseaux et fleurs delivered May 16, 1759 to the Comte de Choiseul, future Duke of Choiseul-Praslin, cousin of the Duke of Choiseul-Stainville (David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, 2015, Vol II, No. 57-2, 58-1 & 59-1).