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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) ETRUSCAN-RED-GROUND PLATE FROM A SERVICE ORDERED BY PRINCE NAPOLEON
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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) ETRUSCAN-RED-GROUND PLATE FROM A SERVICE ORDERED BY PRINCE NAPOLEON

1855-56, PRINTED GREEN DATE LOZENGE S.56, IRON-RED CROWNED N MARK, INCISED L 55 12

Fermé17 May 2017

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GBP 6,250

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A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) ETRUSCAN-RED-GROUND PLATE FROM A SERVICE ORDERED BY PRINCE NAPOLEON
1855-56, PRINTED GREEN DATE LOZENGE S.56, IRON-RED CROWNED N MARK, INCISED L 55 12
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) diameter

Part of the dinner and dessert-service commissioned by Prince Napoleon (Napoleon-Joseph-Charles-Paul Bonaparte, 1822-91) on 7 March 1856, and probably intended for his mistress.

Note du spécialiste

Prince Napoleon's mistress was the tragic actress Mademoiselle Rachel (Rachel Félix, 1828-58), and it is thought that the service was used in her salle à manger pompéienne in the 'Pompeian' house that the Prince had built on the east side of the Avenue Montaigne in Paris. The dessert-service is described in the factory archives as 'fd. rouge décor étrusque' and was delivered on 18th October 1856. It included 72 assiettes at a mean price of 76 francs. Six painters are recorded as working on the service and some of the subjects depicted were adapted from engravings in Antichità d'Ercolano.