Bust Of Napoleon I In Biscuit Porcelain - Early 19th Century

The piece is crafted from unglazed white porcelain bisque for the sculpted portion

HARD porcelain.

A rare porcelain bisque statuette depicting a bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, shown in a First Empire military uniform.

The Emperor is depicted from the front, wearing a high-collared coat adorned with finely detailed fringed epaulets. The face captures Napoleon’s iconic features: a calm gaze, a tight-lipped mouth, and short hair with wavy strands.

The bust rests on a cylindrical pedestal bearing the handwritten gold inscription “Napoléon,” which is in turn mounted on a gilded quadrangular base.

Mark(s): None,
Dimension(s): Height 14.5 – Width 7 cm,
Condition(s): PERFECT CONDITION,
Period: EARLY 19th CENTURY,
Remarks: Minimal signs of wear.

These busts of Napoleon, highly prized during the Empire and later during the Restoration and the Second Empire by collectors of Napoleonic memorabilia, helped spread the official image of the Emperor throughout bourgeois and aristocratic interiors.