Large Napoleon Sèvres Style Ormolu And Porcelain Vase

(The Coronation) of Napoleon I is the subject for the second vase painting. This is also signed by the artist 'J. Pascault', only here followed by 'd'apres David'. The scene is based on Jacques-Louis David's well-known painting of the 'The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine on December 2, 1804', which was painted in 1807. In the image, an already-crowned Napoleon stands with his back to Pope Pius VII and lowers a crown onto Joséphine’s head, who kneels before him. On the other side of the bowl, a painting depicts ‘La Malmaison’ — a château on the west bank of the Seine, west of the centre of Paris, which was the residence of Empress Joséphine. Jean Pascault was a French national who exhibited portraits on porcelain at the Paris Salons of 1876, 1877, 1878, 1880 and 1882