NAPOLEON I. On a profiled, angular plinth, Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte), Emperor of the French with arms folded in front of the chest in high-collared uniform with orders of the Legion of Honor and black two-pointed hat. The blue uniform jacket is decorated with gold-stamped epaulettes. Polychrome painting with rich, partly etched gold staffage. Designed by Johann Gottfried Dressler and his collaborators. Marked on the base by model no. 73440, sword mark. H. 27,5 cm. A porcelain figure of the uniformed Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. After 1973.

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