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.