Jean-Charles Develly for Sevres, a painted porcelain plate from the Service de la Chevalerie, 1845, titled La Reine Marguerite, depicting the French Queen Margaret of Provence, leader of the 1250 Crusade in Damietta, represented in regalia in a Middle Eastern loggia setting, within a gilt Gothic arcade and foliate border, on blue ground, the rim with tooled gallery of alternating fleur de lys emblazoned pennons on lances and shields inscribed variously in gilt with the chivalric attributes of Gloire, Generosité, Valeur, Constance, Fidelité, Loyauté, Vertu, Dieu, Le Roi, Les Dames, Honneur, Amour, stamped, incised and painted marks, 24cm diameter
Note: although the service was commissioned in 1835, additional or replacement pieces continued to be produced thereafter; a common practice by the major porcelain factories. An example of a similar plate from the same service is in the collection of the British Museum, number 2007,8036.1
Sold for £1,200
Jean-Charles Develly for Sevres, a painted porcelain plate from the Service de la Chevalerie, 1845, titled La Reine Marguerite, depicting the French Queen Margaret of Provence, leader of the 1250 Crusade in Damietta, represented in regalia in a Middle Eastern loggia setting, within a gilt Gothic arcade and foliate border, on blue ground, the rim with tooled gallery of alternating fleur de lys emblazoned pennons on lances and shields inscribed variously in gilt with the chivalric attributes of Gloire, Generosité, Valeur, Constance, Fidelité, Loyauté, Vertu, Dieu, Le Roi, Les Dames, Honneur, Amour, stamped, incised and painted marks, 24cm diameter
Note: although the service was commissioned in 1835, additional or replacement pieces continued to be produced thereafter; a common practice by the major porcelain factories. An example of a similar plate from the same service is in the collection of the British Museum, number 2007,8036.1
Auction: Fine & Decorative Arts, 6th Mar, 2025
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