Plate

 

Manufacture Royale de Sèvres, France, ca. 1760

 

Glazed and painted porcelain

H: 20 cm

Markings: two interlocking “L”s (Sèvres) in blue

UMP 7215

 

Pâte dure porcelain. The well of the plate reveals a portrait of a lady wearing a Madame de Pompadour hairstyle and attire, bleu céleste ground. Gold-framed floral compositions in reserves on the lip. Copy from the late nineteenth century.