A pair of Sèvres soup plates (assiette à potage) with the 'point d'Espagne' pattern, circa 1773-79A pair of Sèvres soup plates (assiette à potage) with the 'point d'Espagne' pattern, circa 1773-79Painted by Jacques-François-Louis de Laroche with scattered polychrome flower sprigs encircled by a double blue line linked at regular intervals with gold dashes under a gilt lacework border pattern reserved with interlacing ribbon panels enclosing flowers and gilt trellis panels heightened with red dots, 24.3cm diam., interlaced LL monograms, painter's marks for de Laroche and gilder's mark for Michel-Barnabé Chauvaux (l'aîné) (2)For a full discussion of the various services with this pattern, see David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005, revised edition 2015), nos. 73-4, 81-7 and 88-14. The artists' list from 19 February 1779 states that La Roche decorated 6 assiette à potage with the point d'Espagne pattern, see David Peters, op. cit, vol. VI, p. 1318, artists' list 7.