LARGE ANTIQUE HOT WATER BOTTLE LAMP In chased and gilded bronze, the shaft with a motif of Victories leaning against each other, the bouquet with three adjustable height arms decorated with women with butterfly wings, a Victory holding a laurel wreath and a feather at the top, the circular base surrounded by a frieze with a motif of palmettes and stylised lotus leaves, numbered in ink "40520" on the reverse, the lampshade in green and gold lacquered sheet metal. H.88 cm (34 ½ in.) Comparative bibliography: J.M. Moulin, Le Château de Compiègne, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, p. 93. A big Restoration gilt-bronze and lacquered tole bouillotte lamp A bouillotte lamp identical to ours is preserved in the office of Emperor Napoleon I at the Château de Compiègne and illustrated in J.M. Moulin, Le Château de Compiègne, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, p. 93 (cfr. Fig. 1).