All of the plates in this service were decorated with views of Switzerland; this example illustrates the lake of Lugano. The service is notable for the use of transfer printing to establish the outlines of the landscape scenes, which were then painted with polychrome enamels. Transfer printing was seldom used at Sèvres, and it appears that this service was the first in which it was employed for the primary decoration rather than just for more minor decorative motifs.