Obverse General Napoleon on horseback crossing the Alps at the St Bernhard Pass on May 14 1800 prior to the battle of Marengo

Napoleon Crossing the Alps at the St. Bernhard Pass

Modeled by Bertrand Andrieu, Royal Prussian Iron Foundries

About 1800

See More of the Collection

Large rectangular tablet of white jasper with olive green jasper dip and molded and applied relief decoration of white jasper the scene a Sacrifice to Love in which a small winged Cupid stands atop a pedestal draped with garlands beneath a temple while a procession of figures leads a sacrificial bull to him to the right of the processional stands a small piper in front of a tree a man kneels to reach a basket of flowers while behind him an altar burns to the far right stands the figure of a draped female holding a bird aloft on her finger while a small Putti holding a floral wreath looks on
Dionysus as a Bull Royal Prussian Iron Foundry Gleiwitz cast iron
Small trumpet vase of white hard paste porcelain made to commemorate World War I the front decorated in underglaze blue with the image of a radiant Iron Cross and the date 1914 the reverse with a small three leaf oak branch and acorn below the date 1914 1916 with narrow blue bands below the lip around the lower body and at the foot
Small enameled box in the shape of a heart with a white ground and blue lattice pattern on the box and lattice pattern with additional reserves three containing Chinese figures in a pinkish shade with metal mounts