TRIPOD MILK JUG IN HARD PORCELAIN FROM THE SÈVRES MANUFACTORY Probably from the Cabaret Lapis of Emperor Napoleon I, circa 1808 With a blue base enhanced with gold imitating lapis lazuli, the three feet with gold bases. Marked 'M.re Imp.le de Sèvres' in the vignette in red. H. 10.5 cm Provenance : Probably delivered for Emperor Napoleon I at the Château de Saint-Cloud in March 1808. Fontainebleau sale, 9 November 2021, lot 172 A tripod pot à lait in porcelain from the Sèvres Manufactory, circa 1808 Probably from the Cabaret Lapis of Emperor Napoleon I Commentary: This milk jug is very probably part of the cabaret beau bleu dorure lapis purchased on behalf of Emperor Napoleon I and delivered on 13 and 22 March 1810 to the Palais de Saint-Cloud (Arch. Sèvres, Cité de la céramique, Vy 19, f° 16). It included twelve litron cups, a milk jug, a sugar jug and a teapot for 219 francs. A litron cup is reproduced in the catalogue Napoléon Ier et Sèvres, L'art de la porcelaine au service de l'Empire, collective work edited by Camille Le Prince, Paris, 2016, no. 55.