A set of dinnerware called "Lunch from the king's presses
This precious set, composed of twelve pieces, was delivered for Louis-Philippe in November 1843. Tray, teapot, milk pot, sugar pot, cups and saucers are decorated by Jean-Charles Develly. The tray illustrates the discovery by François I - in the vicinity of Fontainebleau - of a remarkable site that was to become the " Presses du Roi ". The sovereign and his retinue are depicted at the end of a hunt, in a loop of the Seine.
While the stag is being slaughtered, the king quenches his thirst. On the marli, a legend comments the scene. The other pieces are decorated with animal figures (roe deer, boar, stag ...). The polychromy, the exuberance and the exuberance of the forms characterize the virtuosity reached by the manufacture of Sèvres towards 1850.
