Lot: 2325
Date of sale: 12. Tue Nov 2024
Five plates, France, 2 deep and 3
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Five plates, France, 2 deep and 3 shallow plates, central rosette surrounded by laurel garland and cobalt blue ground, adjoining polychrome painting with floral scrolls of loosely bound flowers, including roses running below the cobalt blue rim, decorative gilding, 1 plate with chips, tws. restored, some gold rubbed, Ø 24 and 25 cm, probably from the service for Napoleon’s mother, Laetitia Bonaparte (Madame Mère), c. 1802. The service consisted of 70 pieces, including 48 plates, and cost a total of 3000 francs. See Lit: Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no. 17, p. 248
Category: Porcelain Part I
