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VERY RARE Set of Ten (10) SEVRES LIMOGE 10" porcelain with gold PLATES each painted with a different scene; *see list below

Extraordinary detail in each hand painted and unique landscape or scene.

Sevres pieces are some of the most highly sought after and rare in the world

10" perfect condition, no wear, chips, cracks, crazing, of any kind

Purchased in 1958 From the Estate of Carolyn Astor in Newport, RI.

http://www.astorsbeechwood.com/  Is the reference to the Astor's Beechwood Manor in Newport, RI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Webster_Schermerhorn_Astor

I have these on consignment. I am an eBay Trading Assistant. I can get more detailed information on these plates with any provenance you require. Contact Me if you have any question about this auction.

*Extreme Care will be taken in packing and shipping this collection including individual foam wrapping and bubble wrapping of each piece, then protected with additional foam and paper for protection. I have succesfully shipped many pieces of china and glass without any damage or insurance claims.

I will SHIP INTERNATIONALLY and handle all customs forms!

This Auction MUST be fully INSURED for shipping for the final auction value.

Each Plate has a MARK:  (S.79.) and "Decore a Sevres"

1. Course d'amateurs a' Trouville
2. Souvenier de Dieppe
3. Les laes glaces (Laponie)
4. Peche du Caneliru (Ocean Pacifique)
5. Volcans du Mexique
6. Naples le Monte Vesuve
7. Les Ours Maritimes
8. Marseille, vue es Catalans
9. Ruines du theatre de Taormina (Sicile)
10. Pissezache cascade (Valais)

A brief History of The Sevres Porcelain Manufactory:

• French Royal Porcelain Factory at Sèvres

• Royal Porcelain Factory at Sèvres

• The Sevres Porcelain Manufactory
  http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hi/hi_sevresmanufactory.htm

  Limoges is situated on the Vienne River about 160 miles south southwest of Paris. It is the capital of Haute-Vienne (departement) and of the Limousin region.
  

  The Limoges Porcelain Industry. Kaolin, the fine white clay essential to porcelain making, was discovered about 18 miles  southwest of Limoges at St. Yrieix in 1765. The first porcelain factory in Limoges was established 6 years later in 1771. Within a few years, the factory became a branch of the royal manufacture at Sevres; porcelain blanks produced at Limoges during this period were decorated at Sevres.  Production stopped in 1791 but was revived in 1797.

  The vast and diverse production of the Sèvres factory in the nineteenth century resists easy characterization, and its history during this period reflects many of the changes affecting French society in the years between 1800 and 1900. Among the remarkable accomplishments of the factory was the ability to stay continuously in the forefront of European ceramic production despite the myriad changes in technology, taste, and patronage that occurred during this tumultuous century.

  The factory, which had been founded in the town of Vincennes in 1740 and then reestablished in larger quarters at Sèvres in 1756, became the preeminent porcelain manufacturer in Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century. Louis XV had been an early investor in the fledgling ceramic enterprise and became its sole owner in 1759. However, due to the upheavals of the French Revolution, its financial position at the beginning of the nineteenth century was extremely precarious. No longer a royal enterprise, the factory also had lost much of its clientele, and its funding reflected the ruinous state of the French economy.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-66217946.html
Charles Nicolas Dodin, miniature painter at Vincennes-Sevres.
From: The Magazine Antiques  |  Date: 10/1/2000  |  Author: DE ROCHEBRUNE, MARIE LAURE