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Teapot cover

Description

Porcelain teapot cover, part of a tea service painted in enamel colours and gilt with portraits of the Bonaparte family and associates or military trophies: French, Sèvres, painted by Jules-Eugène Humbert, c. 1860

Museum reference

A.1985.281 GG

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Teapot cover

Production information

Sèvres factory
Sèvres, France, Western Europe
Humbert, Jules-Eugène, Painter

Date

c. 1860

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain; painted in enamel colours and gilt

Associations

Depicted: Bonaparte family

Exhibitions

  • European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
    National Museum of Scotland

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