76 - From the First Ixelles Manufactory, Frédéric Faber period (), a round porcelain plate decorated with a historical scene: “The Romantic Story of Heloise and Abelard,” in the style of Angelica Kauffmann.

From the First Ixelles Manufactory, Frédéric Faber period (), a round porcelain plate decorated with a historical scene: “The Romantic Story of Heloise and Abelard,” in the style of Angelica Kauffmann. Burnished gold border adorned with a frieze of oak leaves diameter: 23.5 cm mark on the reverse: F. Faber Mre Rle à Bruxelles in gold; traces of three pricking marks on the reverse 1.5 cm gold retouching along the border Note Plate from the tableware set of Princess Marianne, daughter of William I. The plate was therefore manufactured between 1824 and 1830, likely in 1829, as it was included among the lavish gifts her father gave her for her marriage and her life at the Court of Berlin. On September 14, 1830, she married Prince Albert of Prussia, from whom she divorced in 1849.