AN IMPORTANT SÈVRES PORCELAIN PART DESSERT SERVICE PRESENTED BY LOUIS XVIII TO EDWARD, DUKE OF

AN IMPORTANT SÈVRES PORCELAIN PART DESSERT SERVICE PRESENTED BY LOUIS XVIII TO EDWARD, DUKE OF KENT DATED 1811 AND 1812

"Service fond vert, riche dorure, bouquet de fleurs", each piece painted in the center with a bouquet of flowers within a gilt patterned chrome-green-ground border, comprising: a footed circular shallow bowl (compotier à bourrelet) and eighteen plates (assiettes plates), red stencilled 'de Sevres' factory marks, (Manufacture Impérial erased), some with date numerals for 1811 or 1812 and various painters' and gilders' marks, some also with date notations in gold or green enamel, and various incised marks. Some stacking wear, restored chip to the foot of the bowl. 19 pieces.

PROVENANCE

Presented in 1816 by Louis XVIII, King of France, to Edward, Duke of Kent;
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, his daughter;
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, her youngest child;
The 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, her son;
Sold, Christie's London, November 8, 1945, lot 8;
Property of a Private Collector, sold, Christie's Monte Carlo, December 7, 1985, lot 32 (119 pieces);
Sold, Sotheby's New York, May 18, 1996, lot 240 (20 pieces)
CATALOGUE NOTE

The catalogue entry for the 119 pieces of this service sold at Christie's Monte Carlo in 1985 notes that this service, which then comprised 177 pieces, was "delivered to the Magasin de Vente on 20 May 1812" where it remained until Louis XVIII's return to France from exile in England, at which time a supplement of 72 plates was added, before it was delivered to the Duke of Kent on 18th October 1816.