[NAPOLEON III]: (1808-1873)
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[NAPOLEON III]: (1808-1873) Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Nephew of Napoleon I who became the first President of France (as Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte) 1848-52 and Emperor of the French 1852-70. An attractive hand-painted Sevres plate, originally part of Napoleon III's personal dinner service, the moulded, glazed, and hand-painted hard-paste porcelain plate featuring a magisterial crowned and gilded N monogram at the centre, encircled by laurel leaves to the left and oak leaves to the right, the sloping rim of cobalt blue with hand-painted gilt floral design incorporating acanthus leaves. With the manufacturer's marks to the underside indicating that the plate was fired in 1859 ('SV59' marked in green within an octagonal lozenge) and later hand-painted and gilded in 1867 ('Dore a Sevres/67' marked in red alongside a crowned N monogram). The plate measures 9.25" in diameter. Some very light, age wear as to be expected, otherwise VG
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[NAPOLEON III]: (1808-1873)
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