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Lot Essay
Joachim Murat (1767-1815), a brilliant cavalry officer in Napoleon Bonaparte's army, was instrumental in the success of several pivotal Napoleonic battles including several in the Egyptian campaigns. He married Napoleon's sister Caroline in 1800 and replaced their brother Joseph as King of Naples in 1808.
The present plate, made in 1807, commemorates the entry of Murat and his troops into the city of Vienna on 11 November 1805. The incised mark on it, found also on a dessert plate from the 'service Leguay' of 1806-1808 in the collection of the British Museum, may be that of Monginot oncle or neveu, both of whom were employed as throwers at Sèvres around 1802. See Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 1994, cat. no. 179, p. 217.
The present plate, made in 1807, commemorates the entry of Murat and his troops into the city of Vienna on 11 November 1805. The incised mark on it, found also on a dessert plate from the 'service Leguay' of 1806-1808 in the collection of the British Museum, may be that of Monginot oncle or neveu, both of whom were employed as throwers at Sèvres around 1802. See Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 1994, cat. no. 179, p. 217.