10EM with chip
238*
A Sèvres plate from the 'Service Marly rouge', circa 1809
Decorated with a purple and yellow butterfly against a pale-blue ground in the centre, within a floral wreath reserved on a burnished gilt band, the rim with a gilt foliate border within lines on a red ground, 24cm diam., 'M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/ 1809' stencilled in iron-red, traces of gilt marks, incised S and 8 (restored starcrack)
Sold for £11,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • From a service made for Napoléon I that was delivered to Fontainebleau Castle in October 1809, shortly before the emperor arrived for a one-month stay. For a discussion of the service, which included 180 plates, see Perrin Khelissa 2007, cat. no. 64. Other examples are illustrated by Wittwer 2007, pp. 254ff., and Nouvel-Kammerer 2008, p. 262, cat. no. 165. Two other plates from the service were sold in these Rooms, 3 December 2008, lots 371 and 372, the first of which was acquired by the Chateau de Fontainebleau. Another plate was sold in these Rooms on 25 May 2011, lot 363.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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