Breakfast Service (déjeuner)

Etienne Charles Le Guay|Sèvres Manufactory|Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson)

1813 · Hard-paste porcelain · 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

Etienne Charles Le Guay|Sèvres Manufactory|Jacques-Nicolas Sisson (or Sinsson)

Date

1813

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

French, Sèvres

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Heineman, 1956