
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
This auction has ended. View lot details
Sold for £2,550 inc. premium
Our European Ceramics specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialist
Department Director

Head of Department, Director

Head of Sale
The service was given by Napoleon I on 30 June 1806 to Louis Philippe de Ségur, Grand Master of Ceremonies, on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Stéphanie de Beauharnais to Karl, Prince of Baden, later Grand Duke of Baden; see Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no.73, p. 261. The service included 72 plates and cost in total 2,254 francs. There were several later additions to this service, of which these are two.