Pair of Sèvres plates, Hard Paste with scattered flowers, ex-Mentmore, 1776
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Pair of Sèvres hard-paste plates, well painted with scattered flower sprays within scroll moulded rims picked out in blue.
Crossed ‘L’s in puce,
artist’s mark “9.” for Antoine Buteux (II), active 1759-84,
also ‘BD’ for an unknown artist,
year letters ‘Y’ for 1776
25cm
good condition
Purchased in the late 1970’s from The Connoisseur Store, Melbourne, said to be from Mentmore,
Catalogue entry 2114 is a match: “A set of ten hard paste plates painted with flowers… crossed L’s mark in blue and puce, most with date letter Y”. They sold for £260 against an estimate of £80-100
The 1977 Mentmore Sale is an important one, remembered as the “Sale of the Century’. It was the dispersal of the amazing Rothschild collection of art housed in their grand house ‘Mentmore’, and Sotheby’s held a 9-day sale, setting a new record for an auction. These days it is regarded as a superb provenance.
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