The arms are those of Borghese for Prince Camillo Borghese who married Pauline Bonaparte in 1803. This confiturier forms part of an extensive service reputedly given by Napoléon to his sister and Prince Camillo.

The design of the confiturier is generally ascribed to Percier and a drawing is conserved in the Biennais legacy. At least three other examples are known originally commissioned by 1) Hortense Beauharnais, Queen of Holland (now in the Louvre, Paris), 2) The Empress Joséphine and 3) Grand Duke Michel Pavlovitch of Russia, brother of Czar Alexander I (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). The Louvre example has a seated amorino finial.

The Borghese service comprised more than 500 silver-gilt objects and included over 1,000 pieces of table silver, primarily by the French Imperial silversmith Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843). Originally a cabinet maker and tabletier, by 1789 Biennais had established premises at 283 rue St Honoré 'Au Singe violet'. Following the definitive abolition of corporate regulations in 1797 Biennais diversified his business to include the production of silver and gilt items. He supplied Napoleon from as early as 1798 and assured his preferred place with the future Emperor when, upon Napoleon's return from Egypt in 1801, he was prepared to supply him plate on credit. With the expansion of Imperial glory Biennais' workshop was soon employing up to 600 workers and collaborators, including the master silversmith Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu. In 1802 Biennais registered his own goldsmiths mark. After 1804 he signed his objects 'Goldsmith to Napoleon' or 'First Goldsmith to the Emperor' after producing the crown and sceptre for Napoleon's coronations in Milan and Paris.