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Figure (Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon))
Louis Napoleon
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.154
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.154
Object Name
Figure (Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon))
Title
Louis Napoleon
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Round green label, inscribed in ink, "366"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- History
- Political figure
- Military
- Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III)
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
12.25 (H) x 8.438 (W) x 3.875 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.115 (H) x 21.433 (W) x 9.843 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Pugh, P. D. Gordon. 1987 Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era.
• Similar example: pp. 242-243, pl. 35, fig. 86.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Historical notes and other (non-Winterthur) Staffordshire earthenware models portraying Napoleon: pp. 18-21. See pp. 22-23 for Josephine.Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Two sizes of the same figure: p. 213, fig 737/738, noting four sizes known. Another version is inscribed "Lewis Napolian"Book: 1990 L'Arte Tribale Inglese: ovvero Le Ceramiche Staffordshire Prima e Durante il Regno di Vittoria Regina.
• Blue glazed and polychrome enameled version, possibly from same mold: no. 83, Staffordshire, c. 1854