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 DU VILLAGE ET DU LAC DE BRIENZ/Canton de Berne, 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, painter's mark inside footrim and incised mark
23.6 cm. diameter

Condition Report:
Slight surface wear and light scratches to the gilding. Some minor flaking to the enamels on the boat in the foreground and a few scattered minute enamel flakes/ Overall of good appearance.

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