Leilão Bidspirit | [NAPOLEON III]: (1808-1873) Charles Louis

[NAPOLEON III]: (1808-1873) Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Nephew of Napoleon I who - [NAPOLEON III]: (1808-1873) Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Nephew of Napoleon I who became the first President of France (as Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte) 1848-52 and Emperor of the French 1852-70. An attractive hand-painted Sevres plate, originally part of Napoleon III's personal dinner service, the moulded, glazed, and hand-painted hard-paste porcelain plate featuring a magisterial crowned and gilded N monogram at the centre, encircled by laurel leaves to the left and oak leaves to the right, the sloping rim of cobalt blue with hand-painted gilt floral design incorporating acanthus leaves. With the manufacturer's marks to the underside indicating that the plate was fired in 1859 ( 'SV59' marked in green within an octagonal lozenge) and later hand-painted and gilded in 1867 ( 'Dore a Sevres/67' marked in red alongside a crowned N monogram). The plate measures 9.25” in diameter. Some very light, age wear as to be expected, otherwise VG