Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I

Soup plates: diameter 9 5/8 inches.
Luncheon plates: diameter 9 1/2 inches.
Similar, slighly larger plate: diameter 9 5/8 inches.
English dessert plates: diameter 10 1/8 inches.

Plate names are not those assigned by Sèvres. All in generally good condition and certainly usable.

Beau bleu plates: none with date letters, each with painter’s mark for Painter’s mark for Jacques-François-Louis de Laroche (recorded 1758-1801 as a painter specializing in flowers, ground colors and patterns)

Blue-line-and-gilt-dash soup plates: Two with interlaced Ls enclosing date letter S for 1771 and painter’s LB for Jean-Nicolas Le Bel le jeune (recorded 1766-1793 as a painter specializing in flowers and patterns), the footrim with three dots for Jean-Baptiste Tandart l’aïné (recorded 1754-1800 as a painter specializing in flowers); one with date letter V for 1774 and painter’s V. for Mme  Antoinette-Marie Noualhier (recorded 1762-1796 as a painter specializing in flowers and painter), incised 77TT; one with gilt interlaced Ls; two unmarked, one incised 31, the other [??????]

Blue-line-and-gilt-dash luncheon plates: blue interlaced Ls mark, no date letter, painter’s FP for Jean-François-Henry (Francisque) Philippine cadet (recorded 1783-1791 and 1801-1837 as a painter specializing in flowers, birds and patterns)

Two cups and saucers: blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letter F for 1759, painter’s mark of a dot inside a square for Claude Antoine Tardy (active as a flower painter 1757-1795), one saucer with date letter R for 1770, the other unmarked.

English plates: Red pattern number varies in how it is written – often includes talley marks

CONDITION REPORT
The service appears in overall good, stable condition. Scattered negligible rubbing to gilt decoration throughout and surface scratching consistent with age and use. One soup bowl with a small chip to foot rim, still "rings true" when tapped. One of the English plates with heavier wear/surface scratching to center field. One example with almost all blue decoration rubbed off, fading to other painted decoration. One luncheon plate with an area of heavier rubbing to flower decoration on center field. One of the blue-line-and-gilt-dash luncheon plates with a larger chip to footrim.  Other example with a flat chip to rim. Teacups with heavier wear to interior of cups but appear in otherwise good, stable condition. Additional images available upon request. 

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