Sévres Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen
A close examination of the Louis XVI service of Sévres Porcelain in the Royal Collection.
SÈVRES PORCELAIN FACTORY
Seaux ovale à liqueur (part of the Louis XVI dinner service)
1784RCIN 58034
A soft-paste Sèvres porcelain double decanter cooler; long oval form, painted dark blue (beau bleu) with two parcel gilt scroll handles; two large reserves painted with scenes depicting; Diana bathing, surprised by Actaeon; and Bacchus carried by Mercury to the Nymphs to be secretly nourished; with tooled gilt scrolls, and a pierced divider