The unique service, commissioned by a French king and used only once by the British monarch in 1967, could fetch up to £442,000
A unique set of porcelain dessert dishes and plates commissioned by France’s King Louis-Philippe I, and believed to have been used only once, for a visit byThe 98 pieces, embossed in gold and each painted with a picture of a different animal, were found in a dining room cupboard in the Chateau de Sassy in Normandy. They are expecteed to fetch nearly half a million pounds.
Auctioneer Florence Baron-Reverdito said she discovered the porcelain service – which Louis-Philippe I presented to his chancellor, Étienne-Denis Pasquier, a baron and later a duke – after being asked to value certain objects at the chateau. Records at Sassy show the service was made by Sèvres, the official royal plate makers, in 1842, and delivered on 6 July 1843.
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