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Lot 1221 Dα

A pair of Parisian porcelain dessert plates with allegorical depictions

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Parisian porcelain dessert plates with allegorical depictions

The well painted with a young sleeping Bacchus in a wine glass inscribed "A LA VOLUPTÉ." and a figure of Flora with a crown labelled "LE PRINTEMPS." Inscribed in gold "P.Neppel F. à Paris", incised mark B. D 23.8 cm.
Pierre Neppel porcelain manufactory, circa 1806 - 29.

Provenance

Private collection, Rome.

Literature

For more on Neppel see Plinval de Guillebon, Faïence et porcelaine de Paris XVIIIe - XIXe siècles, Dijon 1995, p. 400 ff.