Porcelain cup with 3 griffin feet, with golden scroll handle; rich polychrome decorations of garlands, two winged genies framing a medallion representing in the form of cameos, the doubled profile of the Empress Marie-Louise and Napoleon as Roman emperor, golden helmet and sword at the level of the handle; gold background with gold garland on white background at the upper border; Porcelain saucer with central golden rosette on a white background, in the shape of scales, alternating polychrome garlands on the rim, golden border.

Decors inspired by the richly decorated services of the imperial factory of Sèvres at the end of the Empire, such as the platinum background luncheon with the portrait of ancient legislators intended for the Queen of Spain in 1813, the service of ancient warriors delivered in 1814 or the lunch with portraits of the imperial family offered to the Vice-Queen of Italy.

The Sèvres archives bear witness to the numerous exchanges of correspondence that there may have been between the director of the Imperial Manufacture of Sèvres, and the various European manufacturers. Alexandre Brongniart was also charged by Napoleon to visit in person the factories of Vienna, Berlin and Meissen. The quality of the porcelains were thus compared through the solidity of the pastes, the manufacturing processes, the techniques for fixing colors and gilding, the new chemical “recipes” obtained in the laboratory to obtain new shades, etc. These reports were often accompanied by samples of porcelain which were compared between the different productions; also, decorative elements could certainly have been the subject of exchanges as evidenced by the iconography presented here on our porcelain.