[After VASILY VERESHCHAGIN (1842-1904) and PETER HEINRICH VON HESS (1792-1971)] MONUMENTAL MAHOGANY AND BRONZE SOUVENIR TABLE DECORATED WITH MEDALLIONS FEATURING SCENES OF THE NAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGN OF 1812 France, early 20th century
Lot 170
15 00020 000
porcelain, polychrome overglaze painting, mahagony, bronze, brass.
H.: 72.5 cm, diameter: 84 cm, diameter of central medallion: 13.7 cm
This commemorative table was likely made for the 100th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812. The medallion's scenes are After originals by Vasily Vereshchagin and Peter Heinrich Von Hess: the central medallion depicts a profile portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte surrounded by four medallions featuring battle scenes.