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Sugar bowl from the Olympic service. 1804-1807
Sugar bowl from the Olympic service. 1804-1807
Object type
Sugar bowl from the Olympic service
Place of origin
France, Sèvres
Date
1804-1807
Organization
Sèvres Manufactory
Materials
Porcelain
Technique
Over-glaze painting, gilding, sculpture modelling, glaze
Dimensions
Diameter: 22,5 cm; height: 24,0 cm
Object history note
Was made on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Catharina Frederica of Würtemberg and Jerome-Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1807 the set was presented to Emperor Alexander I by Napoleon I in commemoration of the Treaty of Tilsit.
Publications
French applied art of the 17th – 20th centuries. Moscow, 1995
S. Amelekhina, E. Bulgakova, F. Panfilov. France and Russia. Ten Centuries Together. M. 2021
Gorbatova I.V., Foreign porcelain and ceramics (4th century B.C. - first quarter of the 19th century) [Catalogue of the collection of the Moscow Kremlin State historical and cultural museum and heritage site], M., 2015
Museum number
Ф-218/1-2