AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR POLYCHROME BONE FIGUREHEAD
depicting a warrior with a hinged arm holding a spear and mounted on a bone display base -- 3in. (7.5cm.) high

Presumably intended for a large model, it's interesting to ponder whether the model was unfinished at the close of hostilities, or if the carver produced it as a 'speculation' that wasn't realised. It seems highly likely that the components for these models were effectively subcontracted with some prisoners specialising in carving, others in rigging and blocks etc., with the modeler really assembling these to his hull.

Condition Report
One leg missing, otherwise in good condition.

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