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THBSèvres Powder Blue Ground Porcelain Part Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese
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- Lot Description
Iron red stencil M. Impl de Sèvres mark and various incised marks.
Comprising:
Twelve plates
Twelve soup plates
The plates 9 1/4 in. diam., the soup plates 9 1/4 in. diam., (24 pcs).
Note: This porcelain service was commissioned by Empress Josephine for Napoleon's sister Her Imperial Highness Princess Borghese, Pauline Bonaparte. The first group of wares was delivered to her on November 6, 1805. This service while historically important, was unidentified until recently. The service was possibly used at the château de Neuilly-sur-Seine when Pauline received it as an endowment in October 28, 1808. Remaining largely unknown for 200 years, the service was recently rediscovered through the descriptions in the Sèvres archive which note the gilt swan decorations on green ground, the pale blue background and the various cameo portraits featured in the center. Images of a cup and two plates were published in Napoleon I and Sèvres, L'art de la porcelaine au service de l'Empire, a collective work under the direction of Camille Leprince, Paris, 2016, p. 260.
For similar examples see:
Sold, Christie's New York, The Collector, April 9, 2019, Lot 127.
Sold, Osenat Paris, The Empire at Fontainebleau, Historical Memories, December 8, 2019, Lot 255.
www.royalprovenance.com - Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese.
Minor wear and some losses to the field and a few tiny losses to edge decoration. More extensive loses to the gilding from stacking, some rubbing to the gilt edges. Three of the cameo portraits with greater wear. Two plates with a chip to the foot, one plate with a larger chip to the foot, another plate with one small rim and foot chip. One plate with a small portion of the rim and foot restored. Two of the soup plates with a chip to the foot, one with a rim chip, another with a smaller rim chip. Two soup plates with greater rubbing to the gilt rims. Otherwise finely painted and in good condition.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.Condition
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