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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILT BRONZE-
MOUNTED ARITA PORCELAIN THREE-LIGHT
CANDELABRA – CIRCA 1750
The Japanese porcelain 18th Century
Height: 28 cm. (11 in.) Width: 24.5 cm. (9 ¾ in.) Depth: 15 cm.
(6 in.)
PROVENANCE
Sold Ader Picard Tajan, Hôtel George V, Paris, 23 June 1988, lot 60
Partridge, London, illustrated in their 1989 catalogue, no. 32
A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARIS PORCELAIN PLAQUES WITH
STILL-LIVES DATED 1803 AND 1804
One signed and dated bottom right Le Bel. 1803
The other signed and dated bottom right Le Bel Pinxit 1804
One with manufactory mark Manuf.re de Porcelaine du C.en Lefebvre au pont aux choux
The other with manufactory mark Manuf.re du C.en Lefebvre à Paris rue Amelot No 9
Height: 26 cm. (10 ¼ in.) Width: 37 cm. (14 ½ in.)
Almost certainly Nicolas Antoine Florentin Le Bel (active at Sèvres 1804-1844)
Formerly known as the Duc d’Orléans’ Factory, the Manufacture C. Lefebvre was located
at the beginning of the 19th century at 9 rue Amelot, opposite the Pont aux Choux.
Owned by Toussaint Caron, it was run by Jacques Lefebvre, who joined as a partner in
1806. The factory produced beautifully painted and gilded porcelain as well as exceptional
un-decorated wares. Unable to repay a government loan in 1812, Lefebvre delivered
several pairs of large vases to the Garde-Meuble Impérial, today at the Palace of Versailles
and the Grand Trianon.
Many of the greatest porcelain painters of the day worked for him, such as Piat Joseph
Sauvage, Jacques François Swebach and Nicolas Antoine Florentin Le Bel. Le Bel was
a landscape painter at Sèvres at the time. However, like his colleague Marie-Victoire
Jaquotot, the famous figure painter, he must have freelanced for Parisian factories as well.
These signed and dated plaques are an important record of his activity outside of Sevres
and a further indication of the high-quality work from the Lefebvre factory.
Bernard Dragesco
62
MOUNTED ARITA PORCELAIN THREE-LIGHT
CANDELABRA – CIRCA 1750
The Japanese porcelain 18th Century
Height: 28 cm. (11 in.) Width: 24.5 cm. (9 ¾ in.) Depth: 15 cm.
(6 in.)
PROVENANCE
Sold Ader Picard Tajan, Hôtel George V, Paris, 23 June 1988, lot 60
Partridge, London, illustrated in their 1989 catalogue, no. 32
A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARIS PORCELAIN PLAQUES WITH
STILL-LIVES DATED 1803 AND 1804
One signed and dated bottom right Le Bel. 1803
The other signed and dated bottom right Le Bel Pinxit 1804
One with manufactory mark Manuf.re de Porcelaine du C.en Lefebvre au pont aux choux
The other with manufactory mark Manuf.re du C.en Lefebvre à Paris rue Amelot No 9
Height: 26 cm. (10 ¼ in.) Width: 37 cm. (14 ½ in.)
Almost certainly Nicolas Antoine Florentin Le Bel (active at Sèvres 1804-1844)
Formerly known as the Duc d’Orléans’ Factory, the Manufacture C. Lefebvre was located
at the beginning of the 19th century at 9 rue Amelot, opposite the Pont aux Choux.
Owned by Toussaint Caron, it was run by Jacques Lefebvre, who joined as a partner in
1806. The factory produced beautifully painted and gilded porcelain as well as exceptional
un-decorated wares. Unable to repay a government loan in 1812, Lefebvre delivered
several pairs of large vases to the Garde-Meuble Impérial, today at the Palace of Versailles
and the Grand Trianon.
Many of the greatest porcelain painters of the day worked for him, such as Piat Joseph
Sauvage, Jacques François Swebach and Nicolas Antoine Florentin Le Bel. Le Bel was
a landscape painter at Sèvres at the time. However, like his colleague Marie-Victoire
Jaquotot, the famous figure painter, he must have freelanced for Parisian factories as well.
These signed and dated plaques are an important record of his activity outside of Sevres
and a further indication of the high-quality work from the Lefebvre factory.
Bernard Dragesco
62
