Sèvres - Lot 155

Sèvres Porcelain plate with polychrome decoration of a bouquet of flowers in the center in a radiant medallion of yellow flowers, the wing decorated with bouquets and flowering stems. Marked: Mre. Nle.de Sèvres // Consulate period, year 11, 1802-1803. D. 23 cm. This plate is part of the service whose decoration is described as "fleurette", which entered the Sèvres factory sales warehouse in 1805 and was delivered by order of the Emperor on June 30, 1806 to Monsieur François, former archbishop of Rennes, for the wedding of Stéphanie de Beauharnais and the Prince of Bade (arch. Sèvres, cité de la céramique, Vy17, f° 17 v and Vbb2, f° 54 v). Monsieur François was one of three officiants at the religious ceremony held in the chapel of the Palais des Tuileries on April 8, 1806.