Title
Lunch tray which has belonged to the Queen Hortense
Caption
Manufacture of Sèvres
Lunch tray
Decorated with three circular medallions in grisaille depicting fables of La Fontaine according to illustrations by Charles Percier un the Didot l'Ainé's publication of 1804 (year X of the Republic).
Centre : "The miller, his son and their donkey" and on all sides : "
On the top and at the bottom : in the blue and the brown, 2 others fables : "The wolf and the lamb" and ": The frog who wished to be as big as the ox"
Porcelian and matt gold (44,5 x 34,5 cm)
Info+
This tray formed a part with a tea set composed by a teapot, a sugar boxl, a milk jar, twocups and two saucers. This set was retailed on december the 28th of 1812 and was immediately offered for Christmas by the Empress Marie-Louisse to the Queen Hortense. After her divroce in 1810 with Louis and Josephine's one with Napoleon, Hortense remains a major character of the imperial court, notably when Napoleon was absent during his Russian military campaign. Marie Louisse offered her this lunch tray at this time
Date
1812
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre-Jean Chalençon
Reference
PJC05356_CHA435
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
121,0Mb (6,7Mb) / 24,5in x 19,2in / 7350 x 5752 (300dpi)