Manufacture Impériale de Sèvres 1812From the \"Service à marly fond nankin frise de lierre coloriée\".Porcelain, painted, gold staffage. Manufacturer's mark \"M.Imp.Ier de Sèvres 1812.\". Rubbed off in various places, light scratches. Dm. 23,5 cm.The plates are from an extensive dinner service made in 1812 by the Manufacture Impériale de Sèvres for Comte Louis Philippe de Ségur. In the Sèvres archives, the service is listed as \"Service à Marly fond nankin frise de lierre coloriée\", which translates as Service Marly with a nankin base and coloured ivy frieze. A similar service was made by the manufactory in 1815 for Baron Carl von Hardenberg. (Cf. Camille Leprince, Tamara Preaud, et al, Napoleon Ier & La Manufacture de Sevres - L'Art de la Porcelaine au Service de l'Empire, 2016, p. 287 and 292.)With varying decoration, the service was produced from the early 1820s at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in St Petersburg for the Russian Tsar's family on behalf of Alexander I (Emperor from 1801 to 1825). After his coronation, his successor Nicholas I (Emperor from 1825 to 1855) had the service substantially expanded with over one hundred place settings for his grand Tsarist palace in Tsarskoye Selo. In the 1850s, the service was moved to the \"Belvedere on the (hill) Babigon\" near St. Peter's Court, which is why it has since been called the \"Babigon Service\". The service was still in use at the Russian court until the end of the tsarist era, and even after that the manufactory continued to produce repeat orders based on the French S`vres model. Dimensions Dm. 23,5 cm Artist or Maker Medium Porzellan, bemalt, Goldstaffage Date Condition Report An verschiedenen Stellen abgerieben, leichte Kratzspuren Provenance Adelsbesitz Deutschland Notes RefFine