Lot 123 D α

A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "départements" service

Auction 1128 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 17:00 - The Twinight Collection II
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
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A Sèvres porcelain plate from the "départements" service

"Assiette plate" model. The well painted with a labelled panorama "VUE DE TOULOUSE" from the "DÉPARTEMENT DE LA HAUTE-GARONNE", showing the Garonne with the Pont Neuf. The border with faux cameo portraits of Jaques Cujas, R.A. Sicard (Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard), and Nicolas Dalayerac alternating with inscribed medallions amid floral festoons. Inscribed to the reverse with a list of the "Personnages célèbres" and an explanation of the attributes. Signed "Lebel." to the left in the well. Blue stamped double-L monogram mark with fleur de lys, Sèvres, and 26, "17 7.bre 24 G." in green, "AB 26" in gold for Antoine-Gabriel Boullemier, "20. J.? B.f.", incised marks. D 23.9 cm.
Circa 1828, painted by Nicolas-Antoine Lebel.

Provenance

Acquired in 2012.

Literature

In the manufactory there were several painters named Lebel or LeBel (cf. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, vol. III., p. 1041 f). The manufactory archives for 1804 - 1845 list Nicolas-Antoine Lebel as a cameo and landscape painter.