Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) seated on a Throne
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1856
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
333 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341552
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) seated on a Throne, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Napoleon III sitting, bare-headed, in uniform and cloak, a cocked hat on his right knee seated on a throne surmounted by an eagle.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
EMPEROR OF FRANCE (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter