NAPOLEON III PEDESTAL STAND,19th century, painted bronze. Silk damask inset into circular laurel-leaf platform; well-cast stand with waterleaf-decorated urn; grotesque-mask mounted tripartite scrolling supports raised on triangular plinth and hoven feet - 37 in. x 20 in. x 20 in. Estimate $600-800
PROVENANCE: Alice Pike Barney Collection. To be sold for the benefit of the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, Fredericksburg, VA.
