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Lot Essay
For similar examples without pedestals, see Angelika Lorenz et. al, Weisses Gold Aus Fürstenberg (Braunschweig, 1988), p. 360, nos. 344 and 345, where the other known examples are also listed. Although numerous examples of King Jérôme exist, the bust of Queen Catharina appears to be much rarer. See also Christian Scherer, das Fürstenberger Porzellan (Berlin, 1909), pp. 191-192, pl. 154 for examples with very similar, but un-decorated, pedestals.
Karl Heinrich Schwarzkopf came to Fürstenberg from Berlin in 1805 and appears to have returned there in 1823, where he died on 1st December 1846, aged 83. The incised F is the Former's mark of Fischer.
Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860) was the youngest sibling of Napoléon, Emperor of the French. Jérôme's first wife was an American, Elizabeth Paterson (1785-1879), whom he married in 1803. A year earlier, Friedrich, the Duke of Württemberg, had come to an agreement with Napoléon and he was initially created Elector of Württenberg in 1803 and then King Friedrich I of Württemberg in 1805. As part of this alliance, Jérôme was coerced to divorce his American wife and re-marry Friedrich's daughter, Friederike Catharina Sophie Dorothea (1783-1835) in 1807. In the same year Jérôme and Catharina were created King and Queen of the artificial German province of Westphalia in 1807. They had three children; Jérôme (1814-1847), Prince of Montfort, Matilda (1820-1904), and Napoléon (1822-1891). At this time L.V. Gerverot (previously at Sèvres, Wedgwood's and other factories) was the manager of the factory and he greatly favoured the neo-classical style. In 1807 the Dukedom of Brunswick had been absorbed into the new Kingdom of Westphalia, and it was Gerverot who secured Jérôme's patronage.
Friedrich cleverly betrayed Napoléon in 1813 and Jérôme lost his throne in the same year, becoming the Duke of Montfort. The Dukedom of Brunswick was restored and Gerverot lost his job at Fürstenberg. In 1853 Jérôme married his third wife, Giustina, daughter of Count Bernard Percoli. It is ironic that Charles (b. 1950), Jérôme's descendant via his son Napoleon, married a Bourbon Princess, Beatrice (b. 1950) in 1978, thus joining the Houses of Bonaparte and Bourbon.
Karl Heinrich Schwarzkopf came to Fürstenberg from Berlin in 1805 and appears to have returned there in 1823, where he died on 1st December 1846, aged 83. The incised F is the Former's mark of Fischer.
Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860) was the youngest sibling of Napoléon, Emperor of the French. Jérôme's first wife was an American, Elizabeth Paterson (1785-1879), whom he married in 1803. A year earlier, Friedrich, the Duke of Württemberg, had come to an agreement with Napoléon and he was initially created Elector of Württenberg in 1803 and then King Friedrich I of Württemberg in 1805. As part of this alliance, Jérôme was coerced to divorce his American wife and re-marry Friedrich's daughter, Friederike Catharina Sophie Dorothea (1783-1835) in 1807. In the same year Jérôme and Catharina were created King and Queen of the artificial German province of Westphalia in 1807. They had three children; Jérôme (1814-1847), Prince of Montfort, Matilda (1820-1904), and Napoléon (1822-1891). At this time L.V. Gerverot (previously at Sèvres, Wedgwood's and other factories) was the manager of the factory and he greatly favoured the neo-classical style. In 1807 the Dukedom of Brunswick had been absorbed into the new Kingdom of Westphalia, and it was Gerverot who secured Jérôme's patronage.
Friedrich cleverly betrayed Napoléon in 1813 and Jérôme lost his throne in the same year, becoming the Duke of Montfort. The Dukedom of Brunswick was restored and Gerverot lost his job at Fürstenberg. In 1853 Jérôme married his third wife, Giustina, daughter of Count Bernard Percoli. It is ironic that Charles (b. 1950), Jérôme's descendant via his son Napoleon, married a Bourbon Princess, Beatrice (b. 1950) in 1978, thus joining the Houses of Bonaparte and Bourbon.