Two Sèvres 'bleu mosaïque' plates from a service supplied to the Comte de Choiseul or purchased by Madame de Pompadour, dated 1759 Painted by Pierre-Joseph Rosset (l'aîné) and Guillaume Noël, respectively, with flowers in the well and four flower sprays on the rim surrounded by gilt scrollwork and alternating with blue and white mosaic panels heightened in gilding, 25.5cm diam., interlaced LL monograms enclosing date letter f in blue, painter's marks for Rosset and Noel, incised marks (2) Footnotes: Provenance: Supplied to the Comte de Choiseul, most likely César-Gabriel, comte de Choiseul-Chevigny, later duc de Choiseul-Praslin, on 30 June 1762, or purchased by Madame de Pompadour in 1762 The service bought by the comte de Choiseul seems to have consisted of service wares with the mosaïque pattern dated between 1758 and 1762. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, vol. II, 2005, revised edition 2026, pp.345f, no. 62-1, for a full discussion of the service. However, Madame de Pompadour also purchased two sets of plates with this pattern in 1758 and again in 1762, described in her inventory as mosaïque bleu , dessein de Choisy le Roy; see Rosalind Savill, Everyday Rococo Madame de Pompadour & Sèvres Porcelain, vol. I, 2021, p. 558. Rosalind Savill illustrates a similar plate with date letter E for 1758 from Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire (R. Savill, op cit., Vol. 2, fig. 15.47). Two similar plates sold in these rooms, 4 July 2024, lot 215. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing