Plate

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)