A Sèvres (hard paste) porcelain blue-ground dessert plate and compotier from the service for Napoléon I at the Palais des Tuileries, circa 1806-1808
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description
each with a central gilt flowerhead with radiating foliate branches enclosed by a flower garland, the beau bleu ground border with a gilt leafy garland with berries, the plate with engraved interlaced LL cipher of Louis XVIII and incised numerals near footrim, incised X, letter L in purple enamel, the compotier with blue printed interlaced LL cipher of Louis XVIII, 15 J. 1? 7. in green enamel, letters C. D. in brown enamel, incised letters to foot
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Plate: diam. 23 cm; diam. 9 in.
Compotier: diam. 22 cm; diam. 8 ¾ in.
From the service for Napoléon I at the Palais des Tuileries, delivered in 1806 and 1808;
A part brought on Saint Helena island, the other part used by King Louis XVIII at the Palais des Tuileries.
C. Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres: L'art de la porcelaine au service de l'Empire, Paris, 2016, p. 261, no. 76 et p.271, no. 118