Template:Did you know nominations/Sèvres Egyptian Service
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The result was: promoted by Joofjoof (talk) 20:52, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
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Sèvres Egyptian Service
Plate of the Sèvres Egyptian Service
- ... that the second Sèvres Egyptian Service (plate pictured) was given as a divorce present by Napoleon I to Empress Joséphine? "Comprising elaborate dinner wares and architectural centrepieces, the service was commissioned by the Empress Josephine, partly as a divorce present from Napoleon, but was rejected as too severe" from: Wallis, Rebecca (Spring 2014). "Taking Another Look at Late 18th and 19th-Century Sèvres" (PDF). The French Porcelain Society: 6.
- ALT1:... that the second Sèvres Egyptian Service (plate pictured) has been described as "without doubt the grandest example of French porcelain to have survived from the Empire period"? Direct quote from: Art & Antiques. Art & Antiques Associates. 1997. p. 50.
- ALT2:... that Empress Joséphine rejected the second Sèvres Egyptian Service (plate pictured), given as a divorce gift by Napoleon I?Source as per ALT0
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:24, 14 January 2021 (UTC).
-- Hi, Dumelow. article is new enough, long enough, neutral, reasonably well written and referenced to reliable sources. QPQ has been done. Image is pretty, good reso and suitably licensed. Hooks are interesting and have been verified. Only question remaining is: What makes the newsletter of the French Porcelain Society [1] a reliable source? Eddie891 Talk Work 12:50, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Eddie891, thanks for the review. I've not looked too much into the French Porcelain Society but the author of this particular article (Rebecca Ellis) was curator of sculpture, metalwork, ceramics & glass at the V&A and is now "a National Trust curator and ceramics specialist based in the London and South East region". The latter source also states she has other experience at the Wordsworth Trust, Museum of Science and Industry, British Museum and Wallace Collection. Happy to look more into this but she seems to qualify as a subject expert regardless of the publication she writes for - Dumelow (talk) 14:59, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- No, that makes sense to me. Ticked
Eddie891 Talk Work 15:21, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
