A SEVRES PORCELAIN IRON-RED AND SKY-BLUE GROUND PART TEA SERVICE MADE FOR PRINCE CAMILLE BORGHESE CIRCA 1807-08, IRON-RED STENCILED M. IMPLE DE SEVRES MARKS, DATE CYPHERS 7 AND 8 FOR 1807 AND 1808, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS The decoration very similar to that of the 'Marly Rouge' service made for Napoleon, painted with butterflies, moths, wasps, bees and other insects, the teapot and sugar-bowl with birds chasing the insects, the borders all gilt with paired berried leaves extending off a central vine, comprising: a teapot and cover ( théière 'Paestum' ); a sugar-bowl and cover flanked by lion-mask handles ( pot à sucre 'Paestum' ); and six cups and saucers ( t asses 'Litron ' et soucoupes ) 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high, the teapot Provenance Prince Camille Borghèse, husband of Pauline Bonaparte, 28 September 1808. Acquired from James Robinson New York, November 1950.
A SEVRES PORCELAIN IRON-RED AND SKY-BLUE GROUND PART TEA SERVICE MADE FOR PRINCE CAMILLE BORGHESE CIRCA 1807-08, IRON-RED STENCILED M. IMPLE DE SEVRES MARKS, DATE CYPHERS 7 AND 8 FOR 1807 AND 1808, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS The decoration very similar to that of the 'Marly Rouge' service made for Napoleon, painted with butterflies, moths, wasps, bees and other insects, the teapot and sugar-bowl with birds chasing the insects, the borders all gilt with paired berried leaves extending off a central vine, comprising: a teapot and cover ( théière 'Paestum' ); a sugar-bowl and cover flanked by lion-mask handles ( pot à sucre 'Paestum' ); and six cups and saucers ( t asses 'Litron ' et soucoupes ) 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high, the teapot Provenance Prince Camille Borghèse, husband of Pauline Bonaparte, 28 September 1808. Acquired from James Robinson New York, November 1950.
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