The Imperial Cabinet
A private collection of objects relating to the First French Empire.
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Sevres Écuelle Gerard 1811
Given as a New Year’s Day gift in 1812 to Napoleon’s sister Elisa Baciocchi Grand Duchess of Tuscany, the bowl with a gilded inside, painted in gold on red ground, saucer centre with extremely finely painted leaf decoration, foot and saucer edged with red half-pearls, foot in the form of bundled ears of corn with […]
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Sevres two saucer from a coffee service delivered to Prince Borghese 27 April 1809
Two saucers with central star on a green ground, the lilac border with three circular red rounds displaying musical instruments. The lilac ground with a purple vine like floral display. The coffee service these come from was delivered in 1809 the Prince Borghese, husband of Pauline Bonaparte.
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Bonaparte, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy, 1796
Stipple-engraved portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, shown bust-length in right-facing profile within an oval against a densely worked dark background. His long, straight hair falls over the collar of his general’s uniform, which is decorated with leafy embroidery around the collar and front. Beneath the oval, a small inscription states that the portrait was drawn from…
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Rose Joséphine Bonaparte née de la Pagerie, 1797
Engraved portrait of Joséphine Bonaparte, shown half-length in left-facing profile within an oval against a densely worked dark background. Her hair is swept up and arranged in loose curls, with long ringlets falling beside her neck. She wears a low-cut, sleeveless dress gathered beneath the bust with a patterned sash, and a narrow decorative band…
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Commemorative brass jeton depicting General Buonaparte, 1796
A circular portrait jeton of Napoleon, of a type issued in 1796, showing the young general in right-facing profile with long hair and an embroidered military uniform, surrounded by the inscription “HÉROS BUONAPARTE.” The reverse bears “LES FRUITS DE SES ACTIONS” (“The fruits of his actions”) above the date 1796, enclosed within a wreath. Both…
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