SAMPLE DISH IN SÈVRES TENDER PORCELAIN FROM THE 18th CENTURY, DATED 1789 Polychrome decoration of flowers and fruit in a medallion formed by ribbons on a green background in the centre and on the side a garland of flowers around a green and gold ribbon Marked : LL interlaced, letter-date MM for 1789, mark of the painter Jean-François Desnoyers-Chaponet One chip restored D. 24 cm (9 ½ in.) Provenance : Former Charles-Otto Zieseniss collection, Christie's Paris sale, 5-6 December 2001, lot 130. A soft-paste Sevres porcelain sample plate, 18th century, dated 1789