RARE CAMPAIGN FISHERIES FROM THE KITCHENS OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON I, FROM THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO (1815) In copper with two wrought-iron handles, mounted on riveted copper bases Body stamped on the sides with the numeral "N" under the imperial crown, the words "VOYAGE" and the numerals "2" and "3". Lid with copper handle on riveted base stamped with the numeral "N" under the imperial crown, the words "VOYAGE" and the numerals "1" and "2". It contains a tin-plated iron draining board, openwork with small circles on two handles, hallmarked with the numeral "N" under the imperial crown, the words "VOYAGE" and the numerals "2" and "3". B.E. First Empire period H. 19 cm (7 ½ in.) L. : 63,5 cm (25 ¼ in.) P. 19 cm (7 ½ in.) Enclosed is a copy of a letter from Mr Louis Gerbaud (1991), explaining that in 1944 his mother had obtained this object from Madame Delpeche, who had inherited it from his grandfather, who, as a child living near Charleroi, had planned to help the wounded at Waterloo and had been distracted by the sight of soldiers looting quartermaster's vans. He is said to have retrieved the fishmonger from the vans and the lid from the neighbourhood. (3) Origin : Sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Tajan, 20 March 2002, lot 102. Bibliography : J. Tulard (ed.), La Berline de Napoléon - Le mystère du Butin de Waterloo, Albin Michel, 2012, p.258, on field silver. There is little mention of the fate of country brassware. A campaign saucepan reproduced on p.265. A rare campaign fishbowl from the kitchens of Emperor Napoleon I, from the Battle of Waterloo, together with a letter from Monsieur Louis Gerbaud (1991) describing the provenance of this piece.