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拍品专文
The present grouping once formed part of a larger table service given by Louis XVI to Prince Henry of Prussia (1726-1802), delivered on 22 October 1784. At the time the service was dispatched, Prince Henry was the eldest surviving brother of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, and had embarked upon a diplomatic mission to France. During this 1784 visit he traveled under the pseudonym 'comte d’ Oëls' for greater freedom of movement.
The full service included 72 plates at 36 livres each and 2 seaux à glace each costing 240 livres. Among the present 22 plates, four are dated 1777 and three undated are likely from the same year. The gift appears to have been assembled from stock green-ground wares from the year 1784 and the preceding years, with some variation within the decoration, particularly the gilding patterns, although all pieces are painted with fruit and flowers. See D. Peters, op. cit., for a further discussion. A compotier rond and two half-bottle coolers from the Henry of Prussia service were sold by Christie’s, New York, 24 October 2012, lot 164 and 7 June 2013, lots 463 and 464.
Additional gifts to the Prussian Prince from Sèvres manufactory included a cabaret ‘riche en Emeaux’, luxe vases, busts of the French monarchs and biscuit figures of Les Grands Hommes.
The full service included 72 plates at 36 livres each and 2 seaux à glace each costing 240 livres. Among the present 22 plates, four are dated 1777 and three undated are likely from the same year. The gift appears to have been assembled from stock green-ground wares from the year 1784 and the preceding years, with some variation within the decoration, particularly the gilding patterns, although all pieces are painted with fruit and flowers. See D. Peters, op. cit., for a further discussion. A compotier rond and two half-bottle coolers from the Henry of Prussia service were sold by Christie’s, New York, 24 October 2012, lot 164 and 7 June 2013, lots 463 and 464.
Additional gifts to the Prussian Prince from Sèvres manufactory included a cabaret ‘riche en Emeaux’, luxe vases, busts of the French monarchs and biscuit figures of Les Grands Hommes.