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This plate was part of a 'service d'entrée' ordered by Prince Borghese, husband of Pauline Bonaparte -
Napoleon's sister, in December 1808 and delivered on the 27th of April 1809. The order consisted of two parts,
the ‘service d ’entrée’ and the ‘service de dessert’.The service d’entrée was made up of the following items,
listed with their original cost in francs:
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50
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x Assiettes à potage
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33
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1650
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12
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x Beurriers navettes
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36
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432
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4
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x Beurriers ovale couvert
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70
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280
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4
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x Saladiers coupe
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70
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280
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4
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x Saladiers à bord renversé
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65
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260
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28
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x Pots à jus
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10
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280
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4
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x Melonnières
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50
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200
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Total
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3382
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The ‘service de dessert’ consisted of over a 150 pieces.
These two services are sometimes referred to as the
‘Service d’Italie’ even though the Sèvres factory does not
record that name in their records. A plate from the ‘service
de dessert’, which is held in the museé national de
céramique, can be seen on the right
The above information was kindly provided by Tamara
Préaud – museé national de céramique - Sèvres, Paris
France
In May 2007 18 plates from this service were auctioned in
New York and a picture of those plates is shown below.
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Comprising a pair of monteiths, four oval serving plates and twelve deep plates, the oval monteith with further
polychrome floral decoration flanked by stylized leafage handles, each plate with a central rosette and green
border with gilt leafage highlight border, iron red stamped factory mark and underglaze green decorators and
gilders mark. Length of monteith 15 inches (38 cm), length of serving plates 11 1/2 inches (29 cm), diameter
of plates 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm).
Provenance:
This partial service is part of a large service produced by Sèvres in 1808-9 for Prince Borghese. It was sold in
the Catalogue Des Objects d’Art et d’Ameublement qui Garnissent le Grand Appartement au Premier Étage du
Palais du Prince Borghese in Rome in 1892.
Tres Beau Service de Table en Vieux - Sevres comprising trente-six assiettes a soupe, cent vingt-six
assiettes, dont vingt-et-une sans couronne, quatre rafraichissoirs en forme de vase a pied et a anses, quatre
seaux a vin de champagne, quatre seaux idem plus petits, huit verrieres a bords creneles, quatre fruitieres
ajourees, huit fruitieres ajourees plus petites, quatre plats a glace ovales, quatre saladiers, quatre idem plus
petits, seize fruitieres, quatre saucieres, quatre sucriers a plateau adherent, onze raviers a plateau adherent,
and vingt-sept petits pots a creme.
Purchased by Bradford deWolf at this auction, then by descent in the deWolf family.
Auction House: Doyle New York. USD13,200
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