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Lot Essay
The present plate is one of seventy-two included in a dessert service sold to Empress Joséphine on 9 March 1810, and delivered to the Elysée Palace on the faubourg St Honoré, each piece richly painted with a variant bouquet. Emperor Napoléon 1ERE had positioned his former wife in the palace following their divorce in 1810. The service accompanied her when she moved to the château de Malmaison outside Paris in 1812 where she died two years later.
An identical service bearing date codes for 1811 and 1812 was presented by Louis XVIII to Edward, Duke of Kent. See L'Aigle et le Papillon, Symboles des Pouvoirs sous Napoléon (1800-1815), Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 2008, cat. no. 219.
Catherine Elisabeth Godin aînée is recorded as a gilder at the factory from 1798-1799 and again 1804-1828.
Joseph Thion fils is recorded as a turner at the factory from 1771-1776, 1783-1814.
An identical service bearing date codes for 1811 and 1812 was presented by Louis XVIII to Edward, Duke of Kent. See L'Aigle et le Papillon, Symboles des Pouvoirs sous Napoléon (1800-1815), Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, 2008, cat. no. 219.
Catherine Elisabeth Godin aînée is recorded as a gilder at the factory from 1798-1799 and again 1804-1828.
Joseph Thion fils is recorded as a turner at the factory from 1771-1776, 1783-1814.