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Sevres tea service comprising of 5 cups, tea pot & milk jug c.1804

Offered on May 8, 1806 to André de Beaumont, on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Stéphanie de Beauharnais and the Prince of Baden. Lilac colour tea service comprising of tea pot, milk jug & 5 cups and saucers. Sevres mark for 1803-04

Description

A Sévres lilac ground tea set, the teapot (Théière `Pestum`) and flared milk jug painted en grisaille with classical wreathed medallions beneath a band of yellow half-lozenges painted in chocolate brown with feathery scrolls between highly burnished gilt borders, with two handled cups, teapot.

Provenance

André de Beaumont 1806 - ?

History & Context

This cabaret is offered on May 8, 1806 to André de Beaumont, on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Stéphanie de Beauharnais and the Prince of Baden (Vbb2, fol. 52 v°): "lilac background cameo heads".

Bibliography

Napoléon Ier et la Manufacture de Sèvres L’art de la porcelaine au service de l’Empire, Camille Leprince,
2016.