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Sevres Plate
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Dates
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Circa 1818
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Dimensions
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23.50cm diameter
(9.25 inches diameter)
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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France
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Description
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An extremely rare Sevres plate from The Service de déjeuner, Duguesclin et Clisson, is mentioned in the sales records for 1818 as item no 4:
Consisting of:
24 assiettes ordinaries,
1 plateau ovale 1 em gr.
4 tasses Litrons 2 em gr.
1 pot à sucre vase ou fragonard1 pot a lait porteur 1 em gr.
1 pot a lait porteur 2 em gr.
Les Assiette à Maly bleu
"sur les assiettes, 24 vues choisie, de bocage de la Vendee d'apres Thienon executee (grange?) M. le bel."
(Document 2 MNS, registre v. '81)
The views on each piece from the déjeuner were taken from Voyage Pittoresque dans de bocage de la Vendée ou vues de Clisson et de ses Environs. Dessinées d'après nature, et publiées par C. THIENON, peintre; Gravées a l'aqua tinta par PIRINGER. Paris MDCCCXVII.
The print that this plate is taken from, plate 19, which is faithfully copied with the same view, with the words below:
Vue de la Cascade de la partie de la Rivière de Sèvre applée le bassinde Diane, dans le bois de la Garenne à Clisson. Thienon del. to left corner: Piringer sc. to the right corner
(Document 3 Notice sure quelques-unes des pieces qui entrent dans l'exhibition Des Porcelaines De La manufactures Royale De Sèvres faite at Musée Royal le lier Janvier 1819).
Item 14 for the déjeuner de Duguesclin et Clisson was shown in the yearly exhibition of the new products of the manufacture on January 1st 1819. ("" 24 assiettes de déjeûner propres à aller avec le déjeûner précédent. Elles représentent / les sites plus remarquables du Bocage de la Vendée et du châde Clisson / - lieux habités ou souvent fréquentés par Deguesclin et Clisson. Les paysages ont été peints par M. Le Bel d'apres le voyage pittorsesque de M Thienon, dans le Bocage de la Vendée.""
Cost of each plate 350 livres
The cost of the Déjeuner de Duguesclin et Clisson: 5680 livres
(Document 4 MNS, vbb 5 livraisons à crèdit 1813-19)
Livre Au Roi
This sales document for 1819, describes the whole déjeuner, including the 24 plates being purchased by the king, Louis XVIII, states that he bought this déjeuner for his brother, Duc d'angouleme: Pour M. (V?) de Duc d'angouleme.
(Document 5 ( Fo. No. 110 for 1818)
Feuille D'appréciation des pieces au Magasin de Vente Le 26 Decembre 1818, were the costing for the production for each piece is broken down.
Valuation of Stock from the year 1818: lists the Déjeuner de Duguesclin et Clisson, page 2 item 7:
Suite de déjeuner, 24 Assiettes...
des payasages par Le Bel...........120 livres
The cost of one plate 350 livres
Louis-Antoine, Duc d'Angoulême
The eldest son king Louis XVI's brother, the Comte d'Atois, and the last dauphin of France. In 1779, he married his cousin Marie-Thrésè-Charlotte who was the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, commonly known as Madame Royale.
During the reign of Napoleon, the royal couple were exiled to Britain. They re-entered france in 1814, his entrance heralding the reinstatement of the Bourbon dynasty in France.
In 1830, after the July revolution, the duke and duchess became King Louis XIX and the Queen then would have been known as Madame la Dauphine. However he abdicated after 20 minutes for political reasons and they were once again exiled to Edinburgh, where he became the Comte and Comtesse de Marnes. They ended their days in Austria.
The Baths of Diane or Diana's Bath is still a beauty spot today on the Sèvre river which is in the beautiful and historic park in the valley of Clisson.
It is still recognisable from the painting by Le Bel nearly 200 years ago.
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