Cup (tasse Jasmin), part of Breakfast Service (déjeuner)
Sèvres Manufactory|Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson)|Etienne Charles Le Guay|Pierre-Noël Blaquière
1813 · Hard-paste porcelain, silver gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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."
- Artist
- Sèvres Manufactory|Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson)|Etienne Charles Le Guay|Pierre-Noël Blaquière
- Date
- 1813
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, silver gilt
- Culture
- French, Sèvres
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. D.N. Heineman, 1956
