These two saucers come from a ‘cabaret à café’ acquired on March 9, 1810 by the Empress Joséphine for the Elysée palace. Napoleon had
placed the palace at her disposal after the divorce so she that she could have a Parisian residence. The cabaret à café composed of
fourteen cups and saucers, a sugar bowl and a milk pot. The set was entered in the Sèvres sale books on August 23, 1809 for a price of 966 F.
The painting of the garlands was entrusted to Etienne-François Bouillat, with Sèvres from 1758 to 1810 and the gilding to Pierre Weydinger
(1795 to 1817). When in 1812 Napoleon asked Joséphine to exchange the Elysée palace for that of Laeken, the cabaret à café was sent to
Malmaison where it was used until the death of the Empress in 1814.
Below is the tea pot to this service which is held by the musée Malmaison, Paris France
The above information was kindly provided by Bernard Chevallier Directeur du musée national des château de Malmaison et Bois-Préau
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Malmaison No. 40 Page 49
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