A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "service des pêches" - image-1
A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "service des pêches" - image-2
A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "service des pêches" - image-1A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "service des pêches" - image-2

Lot 78 Dα

A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "service des pêches"

Auction 1125 - overview Berlin
07.11.2018, 18:00 - The Twinight Collection I
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €

A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "service des pêches"

Model "assiette plate". The well filled with a finely painted scene of sardine fishing labelled "Pêche de la Sardine". The cavetto with sea creatures against a net pattern. The border painted with maritime trophies and gulls in flight amid coral branches. Inscribed to the reverse: "Les Pêcheurs de la barque du premier plan, tendent leur filets et jettent de la rogue. (appât fait d´oeufs d Nborne) pour emmailler la sardine qui est tribord, le bateau suivant relêve son appareil." Signed below "L. Garneray", blue stamped conjoined LP 1840 mark, green painter's mark D.1.s f.s. 39. SF, gilt painter's mark NJ (?) and M for Jean-Louis Moyez, purple painter's mark L.G.Y., incised a.c. 38-6. D 24.2 cm.
1840, after a motif by Ambroise Louis Garneray.

The Service Pêches was first presented on 1st May 1840 as a set of seven plates with differing motifs. The plates are based on compositions by Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783 - 1857), a marine painter and engraver with an eventful life. His father was a pupil of Jacques Louis David, but the young Ambroise did not remain in France for long, joining the crew of a ship bound to India when he was just 13 years old. He was later captured by the British when sailing on the Belle Poule in 1806. He returned to France after the fall of Napoleon and there began a career as a painter that eventually led him to Sèvres, where his motifs were received with great enthusiasm. He signed a contract as a porcelain painter in October 1838 for the service marine. The “Pêches” service was later extended to include maritime fishing motifs and now included compote pots and shell-shaped dishes alongside the classic plates. The service remained in production until at least 1852.

Provenance

Chayette & Cheval Paris February 20th, 2009, Lot 116.