Napoleon I
Napoleonic memorabilia collected after the Battle of Waterloo
Écuelle, cover and stand (part of The Grand Service)
1762-63RCIN 48397
Most of Napoleon's belongings were created in the contemporary Imperial style, but this travelling basin and stand are rather old-fashioned and so must have had some personal significance to the emperor. They are engraved with Napoleon's cipher and were supposedly taken from the French baggage train immediately after the Battle of Waterloo.
Bibliographic reference(s)
pl. XLVII (EAJ : Jones, E.A., 1911. The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, Letchworth)