A ROYAL COPENHAGEN WHITE BISCUIT BUST OF NAPOLEON I
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A ROYAL COPENHAGEN WHITE BISCUIT BUST OF NAPOLEON I

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, BLUE WAVE MARK AND 13, IMPRESSED ENERET TO REVERSE

Closed22 January 2014

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A ROYAL COPENHAGEN WHITE BISCUIT BUST OF NAPOLEON I
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, BLUE WAVE MARK AND 13, IMPRESSED ENERET TO REVERSE
Modelled after the sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen, in the Empire style, three-quarter length, wearing a berried laurel wreath, a shield suspended from his shoulder, supported on an eagle with outstretched wings, the reverse moulded with a palm
9.5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) high

Purchased by Michael Inchbald from Ian Askew Antiques, London, 28 October 1958, £10.