Sugar basin cover

Description

Porcelain sugar basin 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 II

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Sugar basin 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