Lot 87 , A pair of Sevres porcelain plates, c.1880, part of a specially commissioned service made for the French Embassy in London

A pair of Sevres porcelain plates, c.1880, part of a specially commissioned service made for the French Embassy in London, each painted in enamel colours with hedgerow flowers, the three colour blue border richly gilt decorated with trailing flowers and the monogram RF [Republic Français], one plate with ‘ER’ decorator’s monogram for Emile-Bernard Rejoux (1832-1893), green printed marks S73 and S75 and red printed decor marks for 1880, 24.5cm diameter

cf. a similar plate from the same service in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no. 181-1881.
£200-300

Condition:
Both plates with minor wear to the enamels and gilding, otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.

Sold for £1,500