A green patinated bronze bust of Field Marshall Blücher

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A green patinated bronze bust of Field Marshall Blücher
mounted on a cylindrical pedestal, with rubbed inscription giving his title and military trophy mount below, on square base and chamfered mahogany plinth, late 19th/early 20th century -- 11in. (28cm) high; a miniature bronze figure of Narcissus, after the Antique, Italian, late 19th century --4¼in. (11cm) high; and a spelter bust of a general on fluted ebonised plinth, late 19th century --10½in. (27cm) high overall
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Lot Essay

Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von. Prince of Wahl-statt (1742-1819). Nicknamed Marshall Forward, he was one of the great generals of the Napoleonic era and aided Wellington in the victory over Napoleon at Waterloo.

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