A pair of Sèvres (hard paste) porcelain fond écaille oval comports from the service for Napoléon I at the Palais des Tuileries, circa 1801-1802, delivered in 1804
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
each painted in black and green with highlights to imitate bronze with a classical figure of man, one seated holding a tablet, the other reclining, holding a cornucopia and a feather, against a white marble ground and within a leaf garland, the fond écaille with a gilt border of palmettes, rosettes and fruiting vines, the foot with a formal gilt leaf border, both with script Sevres.X. marks in red enamel for Revolutionary Calendar year 10September 23, 1801 – September 22, 1802, impressed letter L, incised letter B
(2)
Long. 27,5 cm; Length 10 ¾ in.
Emperor Napoléon I, Palais des Tuileries, delivered in 1804;
Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Etude Beaussant-Lefèvre, Paris, 3 décembre 2004, lot 82 (the former)
C. Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres: L'art de la porcelain au service de l'Empire, Paris, 2016, p. 256, no. 54 et pp. 74-75