A SÈVRES 'FOND BLEU AGATE' COMPOSITE PART DESSERT SERVICE, VARIOUS DATES, 19TH CENTURY

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

A SÈVRES 'FOND BLEU AGATE' COMPOSITE PART DESSERT SERVICE, VARIOUS DATES, 19TH CENTURY

gilt with rosettes below borders with bands of palmettes, comprising:

Two three-tier comports with pineapple finials (étagères `tambour'), 1832, gilder's mark AB to both;

Three sugar bowls with covers and fixed stands, 1834 with a Château de Compiègne mark, 1845 with a blue LP mark and 1846 with a gilt mark LP;

Four footed bowls (jatte à fruits hémisphérique), three 1833 with blue stencil marks, one with a variation on the pattern, indinstinct date code;

Four high comports, various date codes 1855-57, stenciled iron-red crown N marks and green stencil marks;

Eleven low comports, three 1833, one 1837, two 1839, two 1840, two 1845 and one 1845-46;

One hundred and thirty-two plates, 1836-1894;

Twenty-three soup plates, twenty-two 1893-94 and one 1869 but decorated in 1876 (cancellation mark);

Fifteen fan-shaped dishes, 1859, iron-red crown N marks;

Twelve scalloped cake plates, three 1839, eight 1845, one 1846, Château de Saint Cloud marks;

Five coffee cans and nine saucers, 1833;

Three similar coffee cans and saucers, 1839-40, 1847 and 1857;

Three coffee cans and saucers and two saucers, all with a different pattern to border, 1823-27;

And a sugar bowl and cover, 1837 and with a Château de Compiègne mark.