Marie Antoinette Service - Service

The "Service à la Russe" (French for "service in the Russian style") is a manner of dining that involves courses being brought to the table sequentially, and the food being portioned on the plate by servants (usually at a sideboard in the dining room) before being given to the diner. It became the norm in very formal dining in the Western world over the 18th and 19th centuries. It contrasts with the older "Service à la Française" (French for "service in the French style") in which all the food (or at least several courses) is brought out simultaneously, in an impressive display of tureens and serving dishes, and the diners put it on their plates themselves.

It had the advantage of the food being much hotter when reaching the diner, and reducing the number of dishes and condiments on the table at a given time. It ensured that everybody could taste everything they wanted, which in practice the old system often did not allow. On the other hand, the effect of magnificent profusion was reduced, and many more footmen and more tableware were required, making it an option only the wealthy could afford. It also reduced the time spent at the table.

The place setting (called a cover) for each guest includes a service plate, all the necessary cutlery, and glasses for water, wines and champagne.
The cutlery to the left of the service plate is salad and dinner forks, and the right is dinner knife and soup spoon, and at the top is the dessert fork and spoon.
On the left side is the bread or the butter plate.

At the very beginning of the year 1784, Queen Marie-Antoinette ordered from the Sèvres manufactory a table service with a particularly refined decoration of flowers which was called in the documents "a frieze rich in colors and rich in gold". The set, which included more than 300 pieces, was put into production in February 1784. But on June 22, 1784, during the visit of King Gustav III to France, Louis XVI offered the Swedish sovereign this service originally intended for the queen. A second set was immediately implemented in Sèvres for Marie-Antoinette.

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