Royal & Noble
Royal & Noble
Property from a member of a Royal Family
Philippe, Count of Flandres: Thirteen French silver plates, Odiot, Paris, circa 1850
Lot Closed
January 18, 02:07 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a member of a Royal Family
Philippe, Count of Flandres: Thirteen French silver plates, Odiot, Paris, circa 1850
Comprising nine in shaped-circular form, with ribbon-tied reeded borders, and four in a very similar design, all engraved with a yje coat-of arms of the Count of Flandres,
26cm., 10 ¼in. diameter
7682gr., 247oz.
Phillipe, Count of Flanders (1837–1905);
Leopold III, king of the Belgians (1901–1983).
These plates were part of a large service commissioned by the Count of Flanders, presumably before his wedding with Princess Marie-Louise Hohenzollern-Sigmarigen in 1867. A large part of the service was sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, Princess Lilian of Belgium - Chateau d'Argenteuil, 22 September 2003 (lots 15-37)