Napoleon's travelling equipment
As a seasoned campaigner Napoleon travelled with every possible necessity for eating, dressing, grooming, writing, surveying, map-making, dental and physical health. These items, created in an elegant, pared-down style, usually in silver gilt, were packed with ingenuity into numbered mahogany boxes or necessaires, many of the works fitting inside others.
Marie-Joseph Gabriel Genu (c.1763-1810)
Plate 1798 - 1809
Silver gilt | 2.0 x 21.0 x 21.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 48462
Martin Guillaume Biennais (1764–1843)
Tea caddy 1809-19
Silver gilt | Measurements 7.7 x 8.7 x 6.2 cm. Weight 264 g (whole object) | RCIN 48396
Martin Guillaume Biennais (1764–1843)
Knife c.1798-1809
Silver gilt, with steel blade | 23.2 cm (Length) (whole object) | RCIN 48460
Martin Guillaume Biennais (1764–1843)
Teapot 1809-15
Silver gilt, ebony | Measurements 9.3 x 18.4 x 6.2 cm. Weight 432 g (whole object) | RCIN 48395
Martin Guillaume Biennais (1764–1843)
Beaker 1798 - 1809
Silver gilt | Measurements 8.6 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm. Weight 138 g (whole object) | RCIN 48392
Marie-Joseph Gabriel Genu (c.1763-1810)
Cream jug 1798 - 1809
Silver gilt | Measurements 9.9 x 7.7 x 5.6 cm. Weight 158 g (whole object) | RCIN 48391
Marie-Joseph Gabriel Genu (c.1763-1810)
Basin
c.1798-1809Silver gilt | 6.7 x 32.8 x 21.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 48387
