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TWELVE IMPERIAL SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE The present plates were made for an 88 piece dessert service, ordered for
SERVICE MADE FOR PAULINE BONAPARTE Princess Pauline Bonaparte, sister of the Emperor Napoleon. For a further
DATE CYPHER FOR 1804-05, IRON-RED STENCILED M. IMPLE DE discussion of the service see C. Leprince, Napoléon 1er & La Manufacture de
SEVRES MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED POTTERS' MARKS, THREE WITH Sèvres, L'Art de la Porcelaine au service de L'Empire, Paris, 2016, p. 260. For a
ERMINE MARK PROBABLY FOR H. CHOISY, TWO WITH IRON-RED single plate from the service see Christie's New York, 9 April, 2019, lot 127.
SCRIPT D MARKS
The centers painted en grisaille with a portrait medallion set on a faux
marble ground within a puce-beaded and gilt surround, the rim painted with
polychrome palms and foliage on a light blue ground, surrounded by three
green panels containing paired swans and a fountain
9º in. (23.5 cm.) diameter (12)
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Pauline Bonaparte, imperial French Princess and Princess consort of Sulmona
and Rossano, delivered 6 November 1805.
LITERATURE:
C. Leprince, Napoléon 1er & La Manufacture de Sèvres, L'Art de la Porcelaine au
service de L'Empire, Paris, 2016, p. 260.
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