A PAIR OF SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED SUGAR-BOWLS, COVERS AND STANDS FROM THE THE SERVICE DES ART INDUSTRIELS of oval form with slightly flared rims, the high ear-shaped gilt handles formed as sugar-cane terminating in stiff leaves, flowerheads and anthemion, with a bee either side of each handle where it joins the rim, the flat oval covers with matt gilt pineapple finials issuing from burnished gilt leaves, the oval stands with high flared sides, each bowl painted on either side with scenes associated with sugar within oval reserves, one side of one bowl with three figures beside beehives collecting honey, a man smoking bees out of a hive, a boy scraping out the honeycomb and a girl sampling the honey, named below Récolte du miel on a matt gilt label, the other side with two women beside a building in a park making waffles over a brazier and children eating them, named below Pâtisserie, (Gaufres)., one side of the other bowl with figures preserving fruits, laying out trays of fruit, putting them in the oven and packing them, named below Dessication des Fruits., the other side with figures bottling fruit, steaming the fruit, pouring on the syrup and covering the jars, named below Fruits confits., on a ground richly gilt with diaper-pattern enclosing quatrefoils between bands of myrtle leaves and gilt rims, the borders of the stands and covers with similar decoration and the centre of the stands with a rosette on a similar ground (one handle with minute chip to wing of bee, one stand with section of the rim about 4cm. long broken and repaired), the first bowl with incised TB and 21.2, 12M.21 in green, FB monogram 14 J..t, iron-red indistinct B perhaps for Brongniart, printed blue interlaced L mark enclosing fleur-de-lys above Sèvres/21 and blue interlaced C mark below a crown /29, the other bowl with incised TB and 21-2, 12M.21 in green, iron-red indistinct B perhaps for Brongniart, FB. monogram 14 J..t in gilt and blue printed interlaced L mark enclosing a fleur-de-lys over Sèvres 21. and interlaced C mark below a crown above 1829, both stands with incised Le and 19-12, 12M.21 in green, FB. monogram 14 Juillet in gilt and printed blue interlaced C mark below a crown above 29 superimposed over a slightly earlier mark, in a French wood rectangular hinged case stained in black and fitted and lined with red chamois leather, gilt-metal, hinges, handle and fastenings (some wear to exterior and interior) 1820-1835the stands 24cm. widethe bowls 25cm. wide (2)

A PAIR OF SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) SUGAR-BOWLS, COVERS AND STANDS AND THIRTEEN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE DES ARTS INDUSTRIELS PAINTED BY JEAN-CHARLES DEVELLY The Sèvres Service des Arts Industriels was made between 1820 and 1835, spanning the reigns of three Kings of France, Louis XVII, Charles X and Louis-Philippe. It was finally purchased in 1836 by Louis-Philippe as a gift for Prince von Metternich, to whom it was delivered on 16 May 1836. Today the service provides us with a remarkable record of early 19th century social history and an almost photographic insight into the working and techniques of a wide variety of crafts of this period, from views of the workshops at Sèvres, the delicate manufacture of artificial flowers to the hard labour of tree felling. Alexandre Brongniart, director of the Manufacture Royal at Sèvres and son of the famous architect Théodore Brongniart almost certainly initiated production. A document in his own handwriting exists in the Sèvres archives, giving an idea of the composition and decoration of the service and its progress up to November 1828. Jean-Charles Develly, one of the most gifted painters, was chosen to decorate it; the scenes are all taken from life rather than from engravings as was more usual. The first plates manufactured were painted with view of the Sèvres factory itself, Brongniart then arranged for Develly to visit many different factories and workshops in and around Paris; for this he was paid 10 francs for each day away plus expenses such as travelling. He made detailed drawings of each facotry, taking individual figures and doing separate drawings of them and making detailed drawings of each tool which was in use. The most significant surviving group of drawings are in the Archives of the Manufacture Nationale de Céramique, Sèvres, Bequest of Marcelle Brunet, 1987. For a full discussion of Develly's work see Marcelle Brunet, 'Jean-Charles Develly et le manufacture de Sèvres', Carnet de la sabretache, 5th series, vol. 6, 1960, pp. 444-451. Apart from this service Develly was entirely responsible for painting four other Sèvres services 'Service des Objets de dessert' (1819-20); 'Service de la Culture des fleurs' (1821-24); 'Service Agronomique', the rural equivalent to the 'Service des Arts Industriels'; and the 'Service Animaux' (1841-48). As well as contributing to the painting of ten other services. He worked at Sèvres from 1813-1849. The techniques of production of the service were somewhat unusual; the blue ground was applied first, then the gilding followed by the transfer by Develly of his drawings on paper onto the centre of each plate. Develly rubbed graphite over the back of the drawing and then with a pointed tool traced the outline of the drawing onto each plate. This was then painted in at least two stages, the ébauche ou première peinture (rough sketch) and the retouche (retouching). The plate went into the ébauche kiln and then into the retouche kiln. There could be more than one retouche firing. Finally each plate went into the kiln to fire the gilt circle around each painting. Each plate cost 167.45 francs to produce, the largest part of this being the painting by Develly which cost 114.55 francs and they were finally sold for 200 francs each. The plates are all inscribed with the productions they represent, some are signed on the front by Develly. On the reverse the incised marks indicate the date the plate was thrown, the green inscriptions are the date the blue ground was applied and the printed marks vary according to which King was on the throne when the plate was finished. Some pieces bear a lustre signature which indicates that Brongniart actually inspected and passed them himself. Prior to its purchase part of the the service was exhibited at the annual Industrial Exhibitions in the Louvre in 1828 and 1829. In 1828 the service appeared as item no. 13 of the printed catalogue, forty-eight plates and the two ice-cream coolers were shown. The next year 21 more plates were described in the catalogue under item no. 9. When the service was delivered the following entry appeared in the sales records: "Livré sur l'ordre du Roi, à M. de Metternich, le 16 mai 1836, Service des arts industriels 108 Assiettes du dit service 200 21,600 8 Compotiers Coupes id. 36 288 8 do á bourrelet id. 36 288 2 Corbeilles Jasmin id. 150 300 4 do basses 50 200 2 Glacières vase id. 900 1,800 4 Jattes à fruits id. 260 1,040 2 Sucriers melissin id. 275 550 4 Etagères id. 200 800 26,866 Plus, 9 boites pour assiettes à 18 (etc.)...162". One hundred and nineteen plates were made in all, the eleven not delivered were previously thought to be the ones with views of Sèvres although the present group, originally delivered to Prince von Metternich, disproves this theory The whereabouts of most of this service was until recently unknown and over half of the plates are still unrecorded. Twenty-four plates were sold in these Rooms on 28 June 1993, lots 28-51, thirteen of which are now in the Musée Nationale de Ceramique, Sèvres. Six further plates and the two ice-cream coolers are also in the Musée Nationale de Céramique, Sèvres, see Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud, Sèvres Des origines à nos jours, no. 358 and Antoinette Fay-Hallé and Tamara Préaud, Porcelaines de Sèvres au XIX. siècle, pp. 14-15, nos. 64-69. Four plates are in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, see Jeffrey Munger, et al., The Forsyth Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, pp. 209-211. The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, The Rhode Island School of Design and The Cooper-Hewitt Museum each have one plate. Two plates belong to a private collector in France and were exhibited in New York in 1989. For an extensive article on which these notes are based see Pierre Ennès, "Four Plates from the Sèvres Service des arts industriels (1820-1835)", Journal of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, vol. 2, 1990, pp. 89-106

A PAIR OF SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED SUGAR-BOWLS, COVERS AND STANDS FROM THE THE SERVICE DES ART INDUSTRIELS of oval form with slightly flared rims, the high ear-shaped gilt handles formed as sugar-cane terminating in stiff leaves, flowerheads and anthemion, with a bee either side of each handle where it joins the rim, the flat oval covers with matt gilt pineapple finials issuing from burnished gilt leaves, the oval stands with high flared sides, each bowl painted on either side with scenes associated with sugar within oval reserves, one side of one bowl with three figures beside beehives collecting honey, a man smoking bees out of a hive, a boy scraping out the honeycomb and a girl sampling the honey, named below Récolte du miel on a matt gilt label, the other side with two women beside a building in a park making waffles over a brazier and children eating them, named below Pâtisserie, (Gaufres)., one side of the other bowl with figures preserving fruits, laying out trays of fruit, putting them in the oven and packing them, named below Dessication des Fruits., the other side with figures bottling fruit, steaming the fruit, pouring on the syrup and covering the jars, named below Fruits confits., on a ground richly gilt with diaper-pattern enclosing quatrefoils between bands of myrtle leaves and gilt rims, the borders of the stands and covers with similar decoration and the centre of the stands with a rosette on a similar ground (one handle with minute chip to wing of bee, one stand with section of the rim about 4cm. long broken and repaired), the first bowl with incised TB and 21.2, 12M.21 in green, FB monogram 14 J..t, iron-red indistinct B perhaps for Brongniart, printed blue interlaced L mark enclosing fleur-de-lys above Sèvres/21 and blue interlaced C mark below a crown /29, the other bowl with incised TB and 21-2, 12M.21 in green, iron-red indistinct B perhaps for Brongniart, FB. monogram 14 J..t in gilt and blue printed interlaced L mark enclosing a fleur-de-lys over Sèvres 21. and interlaced C mark below a crown above 1829, both stands with incised Le and 19-12, 12M.21 in green, FB. monogram 14 Juillet in gilt and printed blue interlaced C mark below a crown above 29 superimposed over a slightly earlier mark, in a French wood rectangular hinged case stained in black and fitted and lined with red chamois leather, gilt-metal, hinges, handle and fastenings (some wear to exterior and interior) 1820-1835 the stands 24cm. wide the bowls 25cm. wide (2)

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A PAIR OF SÈVRES (HARD PASTE) BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED SUGAR-BOWLS, COVERS AND STANDS FROM THE THE SERVICE DES ART INDUSTRIELS of oval form with slightly flared rims, the high ear-shaped gilt handles formed as sugar-cane terminating in stiff leaves, flowerheads and anthemion, with a bee either side of each handle where it joins the rim, the flat oval covers with matt gilt pineapple finials issuing from burnished gilt leaves, the oval stands with high flared sides, each bowl painted on either side with scenes associated with sugar within oval reserves, one side of one bowl with three figures beside beehives collecting honey, a man smoking bees out of a hive, a boy scraping out the honeycomb and a girl sampling the honey, named below Récolte du miel on a matt gilt label, the other side with two women beside a building in a park making waffles over a brazier and children eating them, named below Pâtisserie, (Gaufres)., one side of the other bowl with figures preserving fruits, laying out trays of fruit, putting them in the oven and packing them, named below Dessication des Fruits., the other side with figures bottling fruit, steaming the fruit, pouring on the syrup and covering the jars, named below Fruits confits., on a ground richly gilt with diaper-pattern enclosing quatrefoils between bands of myrtle leaves and gilt rims, the borders of the stands and covers with similar decoration and the centre of the stands with a rosette on a similar ground (one handle with minute chip to wing of bee, one stand with section of the rim about 4cm. long broken and repaired), the first bowl with incised TB and 21.2, 12M.21 in green, FB monogram 14 J.^.t, iron-red indistinct B perhaps for Brongniart, printed blue interlaced L mark enclosing fleur-de-lys above Sèvres/21 and blue interlaced C mark below a crown /29, the other bowl with incised TB and 21-2, 12M.21 in green, iron-red indistinct B perhaps for Brongniart, FB. monogram 14 J.^.t in gilt and blue printed interlaced L mark enclosing a fleur-de-lys over Sèvres 21. and interlaced C mark below a crown above 1829, both stands with incised Le and 19-12, 12M.21 in green, FB. monogram 14 Juillet in gilt and printed blue interlaced C mark below a crown above 29 superimposed over a slightly earlier mark, in a French wood rectangular hinged case stained in black and fitted and lined with red chamois leather, gilt-metal, hinges, handle and fastenings (some wear to exterior and interior) 1820-1835
the stands 24cm. wide
the bowls 25cm. wide (2)

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Prince von Metternich