Sevres is widely known to be the finest French porcelain. Completely handpainted, these plates have bands of royal blue (bleu de roi) and gilt. The center has a hand painted floral spray of roses, morning glories, etc. The rim has gilt framed cartouches with floral sprays within. MARKING: each plate is marked with the typical Sevres marking of interlaced "L"s in script.
In the middle of the interlaced L's is the letter B and below them is the letter A. I have to go to the library to figure out the age of the plates. CONDITION: Minor wear to gilt.
One plate has an extremely small and SHALLOW rim chip only on the face (does not show on the back of the plate)... Another plate has a very small chip on the rim and a spider crack emanating from it... Shown in pictures #3 and #8. My finger points to the two, very small chips. SIZE: 9" in diameter, 1.25" tall...
These plates are a little deeper than we are used to today. THESE PLATES ARE NOT RETURNABLE FOR ANY REASON.I have done my utmost to describe them and take the best pictures I could. The item "SIX antique SEVRES PLATES, handpainted flowers, gilt, royal blue, bleu de roi" is in sale since Sunday, November 16, 2014. This item is in the category "Antiques\Decorative Arts\Ceramics & Porcelain\Plates & Chargers". The seller is "seetimrun" and is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Viet nam, Uruguay, Canada.