The Imperial Cabinet
A private collection of objects relating to the First French Empire.
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Sevres Écuelle Gerard 1811
Given as a New Year’s Day gift in 1812 to Napoleon’s sister Elisa Baciocchi Grand Duchess of Tuscany, the bowl with a gilded inside, painted in gold on red ground, saucer centre with extremely finely painted leaf decoration, foot and saucer edged with red half-pearls, foot in the form of bundled ears of corn with […]
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Sevres footed basket ‘corbeille coupe rond à pied’ c.1810
Unfortunately we are unable to date this dark blue ground footed gilt basket with a band of flowers as the red Sevres date mark has either been partically rubbed of or has worn off. Only a faint outline remains.
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Sevres saucer from a tea service delivered for the use of Empress Marie-Louise at the chateau of Rambouillet in 1810
The saucer with a deep blue ground, an 8 pointed central gold rosette on a what ground and heavy gilt border followed by a string of gilt pearls and band. This was delivered for use in the empress’s bedroom at Rambouillet.
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Sevres two saucers from a coffee service delivered to Prince Borghese 27 April 1809
Two saucers with central star on a green ground, the lilac border with three circular red rounds displaying musical instruments. The lilac ground with a purple vine like floral display. The coffee service these come from was delivered in 1809 the Prince Borghese, husband of Pauline Bonaparte.
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Bonaparte, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy, 1796
Stipple-engraved portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, shown bust-length in right-facing profile within an oval against a densely worked dark background. His long, straight hair falls over the collar of his general’s uniform, which is decorated with leafy embroidery around the collar and front. Beneath the oval, a small inscription states that the portrait was drawn from…
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