Lot 33
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A SEVRES (HARD-PASTE) PORCELAIN BLEU NOUVEAU CHOCOLATE CUP OF EMPRESS JOSEPHINE AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SAUCER (TASSE AU CHOCOLAT AB ET SA SOUCOUPE)
A SEVRES (HARD-PASTE) PORCELAIN BLEU NOUVEAU CHOCOLATE CUP OF EMPRESS JOSEPHINE AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SAUCER (TASSE AU CHOCOLAT AB ET SA SOUCOUPE)

1827-1834, THE CUP WITH BLUE STENCILED LP MONOGRAM MARK, GILDER'S AB MONOGRAM POSSIBLY FOR BOULLEMIER AND INCISED KILN DATE OF 29-10 FOR OCTOBER 1829, THE SAUCER WITH BLUE STENCILED STAR MARK, GREEN PAINTED GROUND COLOR DATE FOR 30 AUGUST 1827 AND G.X S3, INCISED KILN DATE FOR MARCH 1827, VARIOUS INCISED POTTER'S MARKS TO BOTH

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A SEVRES (HARD-PASTE) PORCELAIN BLEU NOUVEAU CHOCOLATE CUP OF EMPRESS JOSEPHINE AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SAUCER (TASSE AU CHOCOLAT AB ET SA SOUCOUPE)
1827-1834, THE CUP WITH BLUE STENCILED LP MONOGRAM MARK, GILDER'S AB MONOGRAM POSSIBLY FOR BOULLEMIER AND INCISED KILN DATE OF 29-10 FOR OCTOBER 1829, THE SAUCER WITH BLUE STENCILED STAR MARK, GREEN PAINTED GROUND COLOR DATE FOR 30 AUGUST 1827 and G.x S3, INCISED KILN DATE FOR MARCH 1827, VARIOUS INCISED POTTER'S MARKS TO BOTH
En suite with the previous lot, the cup painted with a portrait of Empress Josephine identified on the underside along with the name of the painter and her inspiration, the saucer finely painted with a view of the Château de Malmaison, named below
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) diameter (2)
Sale room notice
This Sèvres chocolate cup and saucer painted with a portrait of Josephine de Beauharnais appears in the factory's records for 1839, as noted in the catalogue footnote. It should not be considered a pair with the previous lot, a cup and saucer of the same form painted with a portrait of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, which is listed in the archives four years earlier in 1835.

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Lot Essay

The present cup and saucer, together with the portrait cup of Napoleon I offered in the previous lot, are likely the pair recorded as entering the factory salesroom in 1839.

As the Louis-Philippe monogram mark found on the present cup was in use 1834-1845 and the star mark found on the saucer 1831-1834, the decoration on the set must have been completed in 1834.

The portrait of the Empress was painted by Marie Adélaïde Ducluzeau after a miniature by Daniel Saint (1778-1847). Née Durand, she is recorded at the factory as a painter 1818-1849.

Antoine-Gabriel Boullemier jeune is recorded at Sèvres as a gilder 1803-1842.

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