An Imperial Sèvres Porcelain Plate for the Louvre

Result EUR303,800

Published on 15 November 2022, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 04 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The Louvre could not let this remarkable plate pass by, as an essential testimony to its history and to French heritage.

Imperial Factory of Sèvres, 1808. Hard porcelain plate, the rim decorated with a... An Imperial Sèvres Porcelain Plate for the Louvre

Imperial Factory of Sèvres, 1808. Hard porcelain plate, the rim decorated with a frieze of swords linked by a garland of laurel flowers embellished with stars, the center decorated with an interior view showing Empress Josephine’s visit to the Victory Room at the Napoleon Museum, painted by Jean-Claude Rumeau, the back incised and painted in black with the "LL" monogram of Louis XVIII, diam. 23.5 cm/9.3 in.
Result: €303,800

Sometimes stories have happy endings, to everyone’s delight. This hard porcelain dessert plate from the Imperial Factory of Sèvres , which belonged to Napoleon I's personal service at the Tuileries, had everything it needed to end up in France's leading museum, the Louvre.…

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COLLECTION DU DOCTEUR B. Asian Arts and Silverware - Drawings and Paintings - Furniture and Works of Art

Friday 04 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) - Live

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