Large quantities of faience were made in France before and during the French Revolution in 1793. The majority (90%) was painted by the Nevers factory. Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba in 1815 after his first exile and took back control of France for several months. In June of the same year he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled again, this time to the island of Sainte Helena where he died six years later at the age of 51. Here we see a faience round scaly plate where on a white tin glaze layer on the shelf in underglaze high fire colors black, blue, brown, yellow and red, the image of Napoleon, was transfer printed with hand painted details. The sign is also titled and dated “Napoléon I” and “1821”, year of his death. The area is outlined by a black concentric line. The elevation and sloping flat edge are painted with a frieze of garlands of flowers and leaves. At the back, the plate is also tin-glazed with a rosy pâte shine through. There is no stand ring. We also see three glaze free lignes on which the plate was baked. The plate is quite heavy in weight. It is not marked. Made around 1820-25.

Condition: minimal edge flakes, otherwise perfectly normal condition.