ANCIENNE MANUFACTURE ROYALE DE LIMOGES, Model "Perles et bar - Lot 135

ANCIENNE MANUFACTURE ROYALE DE LIMOGES, Model "Perles et barbeaux", "décor Marie-Antoinette". Part of a porcelain dinner service, with a slightly scalloped rim, decorated with rows of pearls on a green background and cornflowers au naturel on the rim and bottom. The ensemble is underlined by gilded fillets. Includes Seven soup plates (diam. 23 cm) One dinner plate (diam. 26 cm) One large round dish (diam. 30 cm) One bowl (diam. 24.5 cm) One square polylobed dish (20.5 x 20.5 cm) Two breakfast plates (cup diam.: 12 cm, saucer diam.: 19.5 cm) A three-compartment spice rack (H. 10 cm) The original model was commissioned in 1781 by Marie-Antoinette for the Petit Trianon and delivered to the Queen on January 2, 1782. (The original is kept at the Versailles and Trianon castles).