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TWO SEVRES PORCELAIN BEAU BLEU ORNITHOLOGICAL SAUCEBOAT STANDS FROM THE 'SUDELL SERVICE' (PLATEAU LOSANGE SAUCIERE)
- CIRCA 1792, BLUE RF MONOGRAM FOR THE REPUBLIC FRANÇAISE

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TWO SEVRES PORCELAIN BEAU BLEU ORNITHOLOGICAL SAUCEBOAT STANDS FROM THE 'SUDELL SERVICE' (PLATEAU LOSANGE SAUCIERE)
CIRCA 1792, BLUE RF MONOGRAM FOR THE REPUBLIC FRANÇAISE
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    $12,000 - $18,000

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Sale 2374
500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets and Including Sculpture from the Collection of Michael Hall
11 June 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza Buy Catalog





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TWO SEVRES PORCELAIN BEAU BLEU ORNITHOLOGICAL SAUCEBOAT STANDS FROM THE 'SUDELL SERVICE' (PLATEAU LOSANGE SAUCIERE)
Circa 1792, blue RF monogram for the Republic Française
Each with a central specimen bird on a branch, the border with three other birds reserved within ovals at each corner, the four named in French on the underside, a gilt shield with the Sudell coat of arms on the fourth corner
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) wide (2)

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The decoration on the Sudell Service, described in the factory's records as Beau bleu, peint en oiseaux d'après la Colection [sic] d'histoire naturelle de Buffon, et Armoirie etc. Ass[iette] N.. 140 des dessins is taken from François Nicolas Martinet's illustrations for the comte de Buffon's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux published in ten volumes between 1770 and 1786. The factory began using a copy of this treatise as a basis for decoration from about 1781.

The service, commissioned for an Englishman and delivered through the auspices of Jean-Frédéric Perregaux and his partner J. Lanos on 31 December 1792, was sold without the usual trade discount of 9 However, it is interesting to note that both men received porcelain gifts instead - payment in kind for their assistance with such a valuable order. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, 2005, vol. IV, cat. no. 92-31 and vol. VI, p. 1470 for a detailed discussion of the commission and its history.

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