Three Sèvres plates, including one from the Comte de Ségur service, dated 1812 and 1810 The first a soup plate decorated in gilding with foliate motifs, the 1810 plate with a central gilt motif and gilt band to the rim, the third with a pale yellow ground border painted with a berried vine within purple and green scroll motifs, 23.8cm - 22cm diam., the first with 'M. (partially erased)/ de Sevres/ 1812' stencilled in iron-red, incised 8, 26fv in gilding, the second with 'M. Imp.le/de Sèvres/1810' stencilled in iron-red, 2g.S in gilding, the third with 'M. Imp.le/de Sèvres/1812' stencilled in iron-red, gilder's marks, painter's mark 'B' in iron-red, incised marks to all (3) Footnotes: Provenance: Delivered to the comte de Ségur, Master of Ceremonies, on 6 March 1812 (one) The comte de Ségur plate is from a service listed in the sales records of July 1811 as a 'service à marly Fond nankin frise de lierre coloriée' (Arch. MNS, Vu1, fol. 166v and 117) received by Louise Philippe, comte de Ségur, as a gift from Napoleon following the latter's 1810 marriage to his second wife Marie Louise. The service is illustrated in Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & Sèvres, 2016, p. 287, no. 177. An pair of plates from the service was sold in these Rooms, 7 July 2022, lot 179. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Estimate £600-£800
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£300
Sep 14, 2026, 7:00 AM EDTLondon, UNITED KINGDOM, United Kingdom































