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Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
(French, founded 1740)
Model
Napoleon Bonaparte
(French, 1769 - 1821)
Datec. 1805
Mediumporcelain with metal
Dimensions8 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (21.6 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1980
Object number41.24.4.A
ClassificationsHousehold Accessories
DescriptionSquare base; circular spreading foot bolted to body; wide flaring rim; handle on either side; dark blue ground; raised gold scrolling and foliage designs; portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in uniform with raised gold harp with sphinx on either side below portrait; gold colored rim and handles.ProvenanceW.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936][1][2]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted December 11, 1980 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House
| 1. Featured in photograph accompanying March 1926 University of Texas alumni journal article. See attached media "Details of the Stark Gift," Alcalde XIV (March, 1926): 340-45.
| 2. See 1921 American Appraisal Company Appraisal of Furnishings of the Residence of W.H. Stark, Orange, Texas. Page 153, entry 1.
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