Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
257 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341593
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) on Horseback, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Napoleon III on a horse facing right. In cocked hat and uniform.
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
LEWIS NEPOLIAN (raised caps.) (This extraordinary title is in the mould)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter