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Sèvres, 1773, painted decoration: Etienne Jean Chabry, gilding: Michel Barnabé Chauvaux, painted and gilt soft-paste porcelain
This plate was part of a service that King Louis XV of France commissioned as a gift for Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, on the occasion of the baptism of her second daughter, Louisa, in 1774. Louis XV was godfather to the princess.
- Artwork typeplate (dishes)
- Object numberBK-1972-55
- Dimensionsheight 2.5 cm x diameter 24.6 cm
- Physical characteristicsbeschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)