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The vases were presented to Empress Josephine by Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte in 1805 and brought from France by Colonel Page after the Napoleonic-Peninsular War.
Title
Napoleonic Urns
Date
1874
Medium
Carrara marble & Portland stone
Measurements
H 260 x W 220 x D 80 cm
Accession number
BA1_WAC_S035
Acquisition method
bequeathed
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
05/08/75
Access
at all times
Inscription description
THESE VASES THE GIFT OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE TO THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE (1805) WERE BROUGHT FROM FRANCE AFTER THE PENINSULAR WAR BY COL. PAGE AND BEQUEATHED BY THE WILL OF JOSEPH FULLER ESQ. OF LANSDOWN CRESCENT (1874) TO THE ROYAL VICTORIA PARK THEY WERE RESTORED AND PROTECTED BY CAPT. RUTH (1914)