Furstenberg – bust of Jerome Napoleon, King of Westphalia c.1807

Description

Bust of Jérôme Bonaparte King of Westphalia, dressed as a colonel of staff, he wears the grand eagle star of the Legion of Honour and sash and star of the Grand Cross of Westphalia. It was modelled by the German sculptor and porcelain modeller Karl Heinrich Schwarz.

History & Context

Bust of Jérôme Bonaparte King of Westphalia, dressed as a colonel of staff, he wears the the grand eagle star of the Legion of Honour and sash and star of the Grand Cross of Westphalia.
Biscuit on fluted pedestal forming a body with the bust, bears on the back the inscription: "Jérôme Napoléon - first King of Westphalia"; under the base, the marks, in hollow, blackened: "3." and "W.", for the Royal Porcelain Manufacture of Fürstenberg.

Marks & Inscriptions

Incised Jérôme Napoléon / premier. / Roy de Westphalie

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