France, I Empire. A Seated Napoleon Bonaparte Statuette Archive in silver with white

in silver with white

1915 for Great Britain

one of the photographs was previously collector’s mounted

Better than very fine and near very fine

3mm (w) x 92

France, I Empire. A Seated Napoleon Bonaparte Statuette Archive in silver with whiteIn patinated cast iron, magnetic, three piece construction, illustrating Napoleon Bonaparte in a seated position, sitting backwards on a chair, his arms crossed and resting upon the arch of the upper slat of the chair, his hat worn in the traditional "en bataille" style (that is, with the corns parallel to the shoulders, while most of his officers wore their hats "en colonne", that is, perpendicular to the shoulders), with large epaulettes on both