Sèvres Two Etruscan gaudronné porcelain milk jugs, one with a red base decorated in gold with fleurons and friezes of foliage and chevrons in green on a gold background around the edges, the other with a gold base and friezes of fleurons and chevrons in gold on a red background around the edges. One marked: Crowned eagle, Imperial manufacture in red and 30 aoust in gold. The other marked: LL interlaced, fleur-de-lis, Sèvres in blue and gold: 20 June QZ for 1815. Empire and Restoration period, 1814-1815. H. 8 cm. Restoration. The red-bottomed milk jug was part of a tea service that entered the Sèvres factory sales shop on 24 December 1813 (Vv1, 13.1). It originally consisted of four cups and saucers, a teapot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug and a metal tray at a total cost of 470 francs. It was given as an "étrennes" to the Countess de Nansouty (1781-1849) on 29 December 1813 (Vbb5,2). Born Alix de Vergennes, she was the great-niece of Louis XVI's Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1802, she married Etienne Champion de Nansouty (1768-1815), a fearless and brilliant soldier who became a general in 1799 and was made a count of the Empire in 1808. He played an important role in most of Napoleon's great battles. He was shot in the knee at the Battle of Borodino in 1812, during Napoleon's Russian campaign, and was appointed commander of the Imperial Guard cavalry shortly afterwards. In 1814, he rallied to the Bourbon cause, but died in February 1815 of an illness caused by his many war wounds. The gold-bottomed milk jug was part of a service that entered the manufactory's sales outlet in August 1816 and was sold to Baron Destouches in 1820.