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Sèvres Egg Cup from Napoleon III Service
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Request Details
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Dates
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1866
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Dimensions
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6.00cm high
(2.36 inches high)
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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France
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Description
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Sèvres hard-paste egg cup from the Napoleon III service with a gilded transfer printed insignia of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, to become Napoleon III (1852-1870) and interlaced ‘L’s and the Bourbon lily, all surmounted by a crown known as the Service à chiffre Dore de l’Empereur Napoleon III. Date mark in a green oval S-66 for 1866. Mark in red of an N surmounted by a crown with doré sevres and 67 below.
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