Stock #: 1011964 Size: 24cm
Price: AU$ 6,450.00
US$ 6,772.50
€ 5,095.50
£ 4,257.00
Important Sevres dinner plate, from a service commissioned by Prince Napoleon, 1856, the center with a dionysiac scene in the Pompeian manner, with a leaping leopard above a marble slab, on which stands various ancient drinking vessels, including a horn, a gold kylix, and a silver kantharos, alongside a branch of fruiting vine, a thyrsus with two blue ribbons further emphasising the dianysiac theme; all set on a ‘Pompeian Red’ ground, within elaborate borders including a honeysuckle motif in gold with four white flower motifs.
Date code for 1854,
crowned ‘N’ in red for Napoleon

References: ref. Dawson ‘French Porcelain’ #189 for another example of this exact scene, in the British Museum, also 1854 production. The plate was originally part of a 114-piece dessert service, commissioned by Prince Napoléon (Napoléon Joseph-Charles Paul, 1822-91)

Condition: restored rim section

Antique Porcelain & Pottery
Antique Plates & Chargers