Pair of Circular Platters, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese
1809–19
Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764–1843) Paris
Paris
These platters for the dining table are part of a vast service made for Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister Pauline on the occasion of her marriage to the Roman nobleman Camillo Borghese, Sixth Prince of Sulmona.
Gilded silver