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Lot 188
A Set of Eight Creil Creamware Plates
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Mark for 1840-1844, transfer decoration in black with color, wreath and eagle border, Historical scenes relating to Napoleon.

8 in.

Private Collection, Durham, NC

Seven complete series are dedicated to the legendary figure of the Emperor. Five series repeat the military victories and stages of Napoleon's epic, from the Italian campaign to his exile to St. Helena, through the coronation of 1804. The Return of Ashes series commemorates the arrival of the remains of the Emperor in Paris. The last series is dedicated to the Captivity of Napoleon at Saint Helena .

Most with some discoloration to the cream field, especially on the verso.