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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
Description
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.
Provenance
Empress Marie-Louise at Rambouillet (1810-1814)
King Louis XVIII (1814-?)
History & Context
This tea set, originally for 12 cups and saucers, was delivered to the Imperial Furniture Repository on July 6 and 13, 1810, for the Rambouillet Palace, for the Empress's bedroom. It was delivered with six fewer cups and an extra milk jug (Vbb2, fol. 113v).
12 tasses et soucoupes
1 théière
1 pot au lait
1 pot à sucre
= 1114 francs
It entered the sales books on 8 April 1810 (Vul, fol. 92 v°)
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