NAPOLEON DEATH MASK

A plaster cast of Napoleon’s death mask. The original cast was made, 2 days after his death, on the 7th May 1821.

OFFICER LIGHT INFANTRY

A small oil painting of an officer in the Light Infantry, wearing an epaulette and contra-epaulette indicating he may be a sub-lieutenant.

GRANT OF ARMS

Granting of a Coat of Arms to the French town of Agen, with ‘full’ signatures of Napoleon and Cambaceres.

SOUS PREFECT

A miniature portrait of a Sous Prefect wearing his blue habit with embroidered collar and front edging.

TRAVELLING KNIFE, FORK AND SPOON

A set of French 'couvert de voyage',

consisting of a knife, spoon and fork in

silver with French proof marks for the years 1798-1809

SILVER AND WOOD SEAL

A seal used by the Comte de Segur, Imperial Household for ‘Ceremonies and Introduction of Ambassadors’

SEVRES BOWL AND PLATE

A Gerard écuelle à bouillon made to commemorate the birth of the ‘roi de rome’, given as a New Year gift in 1811 by the Empress Marie-Louise

DOOR LOCK FROM TUILERIES PALACE

A brass door lock recovered from the fire that destroyed the Tuileries Palace in 1871

PRINCE EUGENE ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF SON

Eugene writing in 1810, probably to Le Brun, to announce the birth of his first son.

ALEXANDRE BERTHIER ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF SON

Berthier writing in 1810, to Le Brun, to announce the birth of his first son.

GOLD MEDALLION MARRIAGE OF NAPOLEON AND MARIE LOUISE

A gold medallion struck for the marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1810

SEVRES BASKETS DATED 1811 & 1812

Two Sevres baskets with both having the ‘Manf Impl.’ removed from the factory marking