Reference:5201 Paris Universal Exposition, 1855

Bust of Napoleon III to right. / Crowned imperial arms; around are the shields of the twenty participating countries.

By Albert Barre.

60 mm. Silver (132 grammes).

Condition: Good extremely fine, minor nick on cheek, and most attractively toned

Notes:

Provenance: Sir Francis Phillip Cunliffe-Owen, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.I.E. (1828-94), appointed superintendent of the British Section at the Paris Universal Exposition in 1855 and director of the foreign section of the 1862 International Exhibition held in London. He helped Sir Henry Cole as assistant executive commissioner at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867 and, as Secretary of the Royal Commission, represented Britain at the Vienna Universal Exposition in 1873. Cunliffe-Owen had long been Director of the South Kensington Museum and on his retirement in 1893, it was split into the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum.