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Factory: uncertain (Probably)
Hard-paste porcelain cofffee can, painted in grey enamel and gilded, with a medallion containing a stippled portrait head of Napoleon I.
Hard-paste porcelain painted in shades of grey enamel, and gilded. Cyclindrical with a loop handle with a slight kick at the lower end, and a slight projection on the inside. The front is decorated with an oval medallion containing a stippled portrait head of Napoleon I in profile to the right, wearing a laurel wreath, against a grey stippled background with an 'N' in reserve below the head. The medallion is framed by a gold band, and there are gold bands round the upper and lower edges, the interior of the upper edge, and down the back of the handle.
Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands.
Height: 6.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.
19th Century, Early#
Napoleon I
Circa
1804
CE
-
1814
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( grey)
gold
Base
Diameter 6 cm
Handle
Portrait
Inscription present: N in reserve, below the head
Accession number: C.94-1997
Primary reference Number: 76421
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.6.7-1974
Accession Number: C.6.1 & A & B-1974
Accession Number: C.11H-1988
Accession Number: C.66 & A-2010
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