The Louis XVI Service
Sèvres porcelain factory
Compotiers ovale (part of the Louis XVI dinner service) 1786-90
RCIN 58031
Green Drawing Room, Windsor Castle
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.