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"inscription": "incised gilded letters located directly below portrait relief: \"MACMAHON\"; incised gilded letters located in complex design of ribbons above portrait: \"AMOR PATRIA,\" and below: \"SAPIENTIA,\" \"FORTITUDO\"; on primary face, beneath the ornamental surround of MacMahon's portrait: \"Gob. R/S\u00e8vres\"; on reverse, incised gilt numerals located within ornamental ribbon: \"1873\"; incised in the porcelain inside neck: \"CR 72 6\" and beneath it \"CR 72 9\"; incised letters beneath the vase: \"NL\"; a small gilt-metal bucket is installed within the neck of the MacMahon Vase, on its bottom are scratched the letters: \"ABF\"; printed in green inside the neck and beneath the vase: \"s 74\"; printed in red on the lip: a circular stamp with the words \"Decore a S\u00e8vres 74\" surrounding the initials \"RF\" [Repbulique Fran\u00e7ais].",
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"description": "Marie Edm\u00e9 Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893), whose portrait appears on this vase, was its first owner. He was a successful military leader who was given the titles of Duke of Magenta and Marshall of France by Napoleon III, but after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the end of the Second Empire, MacMahon was elected second President of the Third Republic of France.",
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