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A PAIR OF SÈVRES YELLOW-GROUND PLATES FROM A SERVICE GIVEN BY NAPOLEON I TO THE COMTE DE SÉGUR, DATED 1812

6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A PAIR OF SÈVRES YELLOW-GROUND PLATES FROM A SERVICE GIVEN BY NAPOLEON I TO THE COMTE DE SÉGUR, DATED 1812

Each reserved with a central gilt-edged circular panel enclosing a large flower spray, the rim with a gilt foliate border with iron-red flowers, 23.6cm diam., M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/arrowhead stencilled in iron-red, TB. monogram in iron-red, * in purple to one, unidentifiable gilt mark, incised 10, cc and further incised marks and letters (minor stacking wear to yellow ground) (2)

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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.

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