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French Empire Capital

Part of pair of ormolu capitals. Decorated with a central pillar of scrolling acanthus leaves supporting a female mask, garlanded with laurel and flanked by cornucopiae and with the tails of beaked serpents, whose heads and scrolling bodies form the upper corners of the pillars.
Size: Height: 23 cm; Width: 20 cm

Place: France

Object Type: capital

Period: Napoleon I

Actual Date: c. 1807

Century: 19th century

Material: Ormolu

Museum Accession Number: Founders/M.8