1813
France
Object qualities
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Objecttableware: Saucer
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumHard-paste porcelain
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SizeHeight: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diameter: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
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Geography details
France -
Country today
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Date1813
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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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.”