Lot 83
  • 83

A French carved carrara marble revolving medallion 19th Century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • bronze, marble
  • height 20 1/2 in.; width 14 1/4 in.
  • 52.5 cm; 36.5 cm
One side with a relief portrait of Napoleon with the inscription Napoleon le Grand Né à Ajaccio le 15 Août 1769 Morta Ste. Helene le 5 Mai 1821, the other side with the winged female figure of Justice.

Provenance

S.A.I. Prince Napoleon, Villa Prangins, Switzerland
Purchased by Mrs. Lerner from Fabius Frères, Paris in 1961

Literature

Gladys Freeman, "The Setting is French," Town and Country, November 1962, p. 109

Condition

With some abrasions and minor chips and some surface dirt.
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