NAPOLEONIC GILT-BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO INKWELL, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
NAPOLEONIC GILT-BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO INKWELL, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
centrally fitted with a gilt-bronze bust of Napoleon signed on the reverse 'Basil 1830', mounted on a pedestal and flanked by a pair of gilt-bronze covered inkwells above a green marble base
Basil likely refers to Lt. Col. Jackson Basil (British, 1795-1889) who was stationed at St. Helena and did several watercolor likenesses of Napoleon. One is in the collection of the British Museum, circa 1817-1830.
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NAPOLEONIC GILT-BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO INKWELL, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
centrally fitted with a gilt-bronze bust of Napoleon signed on the reverse 'Basil 1830', mounted on a pedestal and flanked by a pair of gilt-bronze covered inkwells above a green marble base
Basil likely refers to Lt. Col. Jackson Basil (British, 1795-1889) who was stationed at St. Helena and did several watercolor likenesses of Napoleon. One is in the collection of the British Museum, circa 1817-1830.
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