After Winterhalter, Napoleon III And Eugenie On Sèvres Porcelain

Beautiful pair of hard Sèvres porcelain plates, representing the imperial couple: Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie De Montijo, after the famous painter Franz Xaver Winterhaler (1805 - 1873).
In the dominant central medallion, the imperious busts are superbly represented in polychromy, surrounded by a sophisticated gold garland on a white background, with matte and shiny gold work on the rim on a midnight blue background, nets, a frieze of bay leaves, and staggered sowing of imperial bees.

Proudly represented, Napoleon III is encamped in full dress in the posture of a conqueror, a worthy heir to the Empire of his late uncle. The portrait is displayed against a neutral background, where the colors of the uniform as well as the pigments of the skin allow the figure of the emperor to stand out. The wife of Napoleon III, the beautiful Eugénie is represented through a portrait borrowed from delicacy with a touch of sensuality: adorned with white flowers, bare shoulders, and dress in volume.

Marked on the back S.74 (for 1874) on Napoleon III, and S.75 (for 1875) on Eugénie, and on both the mark of the decorator painter CL for LUCAS Charles-Célestin active from 1864 to 1910.
These porcelain plates hard of Sèvres, are what we call '' Wigs ''. Genuine Sèvres porcelain, but prohibited for sale. Probably private or demonstration tests by Lucas who in 1874 and 1875 was a repairer-modeler at the factory, and officially became a decorator in 1878 according to the archives of the Sèvres factory.

Conditions: in very good condition
Diameter: 24.5 cm