TIL when Napoleon had his marriage to Empress Joséphine annulled, he commissioned a set of 72 porcelain plates adorned with sketches of his 1798 campaign into Egypt as a “divorce gift”. Joséphine rejected the gift, calling the design “too severe”.

TIL when Napoleon had his marriage to Empress Joséphine annulled, he commissioned a set of 72 porcelain plates adorned with sketches of his 1798 campaign into Egypt as a “divorce gift”. Joséphine rejected the gift, calling the design “too severe”.

Leave a Reply