TWELVE IMPERIAL SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR PAULINE BONAPARTE
TWELVE IMPERIAL SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR PAULINE BONAPARTE
TWELVE IMPERIAL SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR PAULINE BONAPARTE
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TWELVE IMPERIAL SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR PAULINE BONAPARTE

DATE CYPHER FOR 1804-05, IRON-RED STENCILED M. IMPLE DE SEVRES MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED POTTERS' MARKS, THREE WITH ERMINE MARK PROBABLY FOR H. CHOISY, TWO WITH IRON-RED SCRIPT D MARKS

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TWELVE IMPERIAL SEVRES PORCELAIN PLATES FROM THE SERVICE MADE FOR PAULINE BONAPARTE
DATE CYPHER FOR 1804-05, IRON-RED STENCILED M. IMPLE DE SEVRES MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED POTTERS' MARKS, THREE WITH ERMINE MARK PROBABLY FOR H. CHOISY, TWO WITH IRON-RED 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
9 1⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) diameter
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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Lot Essay

The present plates were made for an 88 piece dessert service, ordered for Princess Pauline Bonaparte, sister of the Emperor Napoleon. For a further discussion of the service see C. Leprince, Napoléon 1er & La Manufacture de Sèvres, L'Art de la Porcelaine au service de L'Empire, Paris, 2016, p. 260. For a single plate from the service see Christie's New York, 9 April, 2019, lot 127.

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