Mobile menu
This service, of which the items in the Royal Collection form part, was the most costly and sumptuous ever created at Sèvres in the eighteenth century. It was intended to take 23 years to complete and was the swansong of the gre
Sévres Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen

The Louis XVI Service

Sèvres porcelain factory

Compotiers ovale (part of the Louis XVI dinner service) 1786-90

Soft-paste porcelain, beau bleu ground and gilded decoration | 4.0 to 4.6 x 26.8 to 27 x 19.2 to 19.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 58031

Green Drawing Room, Windsor Castle

Your share link is...

  Close

Compotiers ovale (part of the Louis XVI dinner service)

Sèvres porcelain factory

Compotiers ovale (part of the Louis XVI dinner service) 1786-90

©

©
A soft-paste Sèvres porcelain shaped oval fruit dish; dark blue (beau bleu) ground with two small and two larger oval reserves around the edge and one at the centre painted with scenes from mythology, Greek/Roman history, surrounded by tooled gilt scrolls.
View further information in Explore the collection
Quick Links
Official Royal Residences

The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.