Five Sèvres 'fond nankin' plates, dated 1812 Each rim with a dark yellow ground, painted with a brown border of volubilis and palmettes heightened with white details, the well decorated with a gilt rosette at the centre and gilt frieze at the edge, 23.5cm diam., M.Imp.le/de Sevres/1812 stencilled in iron-red, incised marks, gilder's marks, TB. monogram in brown to three (5) Footnotes: Provenance: Probably from a service delivered to the duc de Blacas, the Minister of the King's Household, for King Louis XVIII in December 1814. The sales records list two services as fond nankin volubilis in May and October 1810 (Arch. MNS, Vu1, fol. 101). The service is illustrated in Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & Sèvres, 2016, p. 284, no. 162. A pair of plates from the same service was sold in these Rooms, 6 July 2023, lot 181. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing