TOURNAI - Lot 133

TOURNAI Soft-paste porcelain soup plate with contoured rim and slightly raised twisted ribs, decorated in "Greek and gold" style. Blue and gold decoration in the center of a butterfly in a medallion encircled by a gold Greek braid on a blue background and gold palmettes. Flowering branches and butterflies on the wing. The rim adorned with a braid of gold Greciques on a blue background and gold palmettes. Marked with a gold tower. 18th century, D. 23.5 cm AJ A firing defect on the reverse of the wing. Part of the dinner service commissioned by the Comte de Cobenzl, Minister Plenipotentiary of Charles de Lorraine from 1753 to 1770. Bibliography: -Claire Derriks Claire Dumortier Le service en porcelaine de Tournai du comte de Cobenzl. Les cahiers de Mariemont Année 1993. 24- 25 pages 96 to 113.