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 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