A soft paste Sèvres shell handled serving dish, 22cm
An 18th Century soft-paste Sèvres serving dish with shell handle, featuring bleu celeste ground, handpainted flowers and fruit, and extensive tooled gilding. A very similar design is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and is visible on their collection webpage. Assiette a palmes | V&A Explore The Collections (vam.ac.uk)
The decoration is later, likely by Thomas Randall, and closely follows the service made for Louis XV of France – see an example here A VINCENNES PORCELAIN 'BLEU CELESTE' PLATE (ASSIETTE A GAUDERON) FROM THE FIRST SERVICE MADE FOR LOUIS XV, CIRCA 1754, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A | Christie’s (christies.com)
Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or crazing. Gilt and pattern is in good order. There is a small unevenness near the main spray of flowers which is pictured.