IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 305674 accession number: C.3A & B-2021 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 11 August 2021 updated: Wednesday 27 November 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Emperor Napeoleon III, wearing uncoloured military uniform and hat, and black boots, sits astride his horse, right arm raised to his head in salute. His horse raises its front left leg. The base displays the word 'EMPEROR', moulded and picked out in gilt. The underside is concave and glazed. The back is flat and undecorated, with a vent hole towards the base (A). Empress Eugenie, wearing a long riding habit and large hat with feathers, sitting side saddle on her horse, her right arm not visible, her left hand in her lap. The base displays the word 'EMPRESS', moulded and picked out in gilt. The underside is concave and glazed. The back is flat and undecorated, with a vent hole towards the base (B). object type: Pair of white earthenware figures on horseback, moulded in parts. Painted with black and pink enamels, and gilt. title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: The collection of Sir Donald Sinden (1923–2014); sold by the Sinden estate at Cheffins, 13 September 2017 (lot 3). Purchased by the donor, Prof. Norman Hammond. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Prof. Norman Hammond, 2021 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/305674 TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazed TECHNIQUES ---------- press-moulded CATEGORIES ------ category: lead-glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1840 - 1880 creation date earliest: 1840 creation date latest: 1880 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown