Lot n° 201
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SERVICE DES PÊCHES, MANUFACTURE ROYALE, SÈVRES,... - Lot 201 - Coutau-Bégarie
SERVICE DES PÊCHES, MANUFACTURE ROYALE, SÈVRES, 1841-1843.
Hard porcelain dinner plate, from the Service des Pêches, decorated in the center with a polychrome scene painted and signed by Ambroise Louis Garneray, illustrating cuttlefish fishing. The border (wing) with blue background is decorated with a frieze of fish and maritime trophies in gold framed by seaweed in platinum and a frieze in gold forming a net scattered with shellfish, fish and mollusks framing on the lower part a rectangular cartouche on which is inscribed the name of the subject and on the reverse appears the legend: "Fishing for cuttlefish, known as encornées".
Small chip on one edge, but very good condition.
Blue mark: L.P. (Louis-Philippe) under crown, 1841.
Pink mark of the painter: Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783-1857).
Moulder's mark : Pierre Derivière, active from 1834 to 1851, date 1840
Gilder's gold mark : Jean-Louis Moyez, active from 1818 to 1848, dated (18)43. Diameter: 24 cm.
History: the Service des Pêches was started in 1839 and continued to be produced until 1852. It was first presented on May 1, 1840, as a set of seven plates decorated with different motifs. The plates are based on compositions by Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783-1857), a painter and engraver with an eventful life. His father was a student of Jacques-Louis David, but the young Ambroise did not stay long in France, joining the crew of a ship bound for India when he was only 13. He was later captured by the British while sailing on La Belle Poule in 1806. He returned to France after the fall of Napoleon and began a career as a painter. He was employed by the Duke of Angouleme and became his official painter in 1817. He was thus the first official painter of the Navy. Between 1821 and 1830, he travelled to many ports in France where he made countless sketches which were to serve as the basis for this famous service. His path eventually led him to Sèvres, where his works were received with great enthusiasm. In October 1838, he became a painter at the Manufacture de Sèvres. He presented part of the Fishing Service at the Louvre Salon during the 1840 and 1842 exhibitions. This service has since been divided among various French institutions and private collections, including the Dieppe racecourse, the Avranches Racing Committee, the Ministry of the Navy, the Musée de Sèvres and the Louvre.
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