A Sèvres topographical plate from the Service des Vues Suisses, 1811

Property of a Gentleman
A Sèvres topographical plate from the Service des Vues Suisses, 1811

transfer-printed in sepia and painted with a view titled VUE DE PREMIER PONT DU TESIN/sur le Mont St Gothard, inscribed to the reverse, within a well gilt with a band of anthemion, the border reserved with five portrait medallions, with classical male and female portraits, in profile within pink lustred ground roundels divided by hexagrams reserved with trophies, iron-red stencilled M.Imple/de/Sevres/1811. mark, incised mark inside footrim
23.4 cm. diameter

Condition Report:
Light scratches to the gildling and slight wear from stacking. The cental scene has three small frits, one in the sky just above the peak of the mountain.

Provenance:
Part of a dessert service purchased by Eugène de Beauharnais from the factory on December 30, 1811.