
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Department Director

Head of Department, Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
Ordered by Napoléon I for Carl Theodor von Dalberg on 30 June 1807
The service called 'fond bleu caillouté guirlande et bouquets de fleurs' included 72 plates and overall cost 4004 francs. Von Dalberg was archevêque de Mayence and Prince Primat de la Conféderation du Rhin until he was replaced in 1813 by Napoléon for Eugène de Beauharnais. See Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), cat.no. 99