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Tray (plateau), part of Breakfast Service (déjeuner)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Decorator Figural decoration by Etienne Charles Le Guay French
Decorator Ornamental decoration by Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson)
1813
Not on view
This breakfast service (56.29.1–.8) was presented by Napoleon I to Princess Auguste-Amélie, wife of his stepson Eugène Beauharnais, on New Year's Day of 1814. The overall theme of the decoration was described in the factory records as the "loves of amors and nymphs," and the title given to the scene on the tray was "Accused Nymphs Appearing before the Tribunal of Love."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tray (plateau), part of Breakfast Service (déjeuner)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Figural decoration by Etienne Charles Le Guay (French, 1762–1846)
  • Decorator: Ornamental decoration by Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson) (active 1795–1845)
  • Date: 1813
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: 1 x 14 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (2.5 x 37.5 x 33.3 cm.)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Heineman, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.29.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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