A Ginori cup modelled after Elisa Bonaparte, 20th century

Modelled in unglazed biscuit after the neoclassical model, the inside of the cup and the scalloped rim of the saucer with gilding, the cup: 9cm high, the saucer: 11cm diam, crowned 'Ginori' and green printed 'Ginori' to cup and saucer respectively, (small chips and some rubbing to the gilding on the saucer) (2)

Provenance:
Private Collection, Florence

Maria Anna Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy (3 January 1777 – 7 August 1820) was an imperial French princess and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was Princess of Lucca and Piombino (1805-1814), Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1809-1814) and Countess of Compignano by appointment of her brother.

She was the fourth surviving child and eldest surviving daughter of Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. A younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, she had elder brothers Joseph and Lucien, and younger siblings Louis, Pauline, Caroline and Jerome.

As Princess of Lucca and Piombino, then Grand Duchess of Tuscany, she became Napoleon's only sister to possess political power. Highly interested in the arts, particularly the theatre, she encouraged them in the territories over which she ruled.