SERVICE DES PETITES VUES DE FRANCE. - Lot 191

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SERVICE DES PETITES VUES DE FRANCE. - Lot 191
SERVICE DES PETITES VUES DE FRANCE. Manufacture royale, Sèvres, 1831. Porcelain dinner plate, center-decorated with a polychrome view of Les fours à chaux à Bougival (Seine-et- Oise) under the snow, surrounded by a gold Greek frieze and bordered on the rim by a band of gold palmettes on an agate blue background. Blue mark: Sèvres, étoile, 31. Slight wear, but good overall condition. H. 3 cm - Diam. 24 cm. The first "Petites Vues de France" service was delivered by the Manufacture de Sèvres in September 1825 as a gift from King Charles X to the Duc de Polignac (1780-1847), then French Ambassador in London. Then, in 1832, King Louis-Philippe commissioned it for the Tuileries Palace, then the sovereign's official residence. Each year, it was regularly restocked. This service was later destined for the Élysée Palace, where it was presented at official dinners. One of the plates we present dates from this period, while the second is dated 1865 and was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III. Several other versions of this service exist, without resembling it, but with a variation in the border, notably for the one destined for the French Embassy in Berlin, delivered in March 1865. This service was intended to serve as propaganda on the royal table, allowing guests to admire the landscapes and monuments of France's most beautiful regions. The decorations were painted by Michel Langlois (active 1847-1872), Nicolas-Antoine Le Bel (active 1804-1845) and Jean-Charles Develly (1783-1862), based on engravings from souvenirs pittoresques.
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