Antique Kister Porcelain Joachim Murat Figurine French Revolution *Broken Hand*.

Antique Kister Porcelain Joachim Murat Figurine French Revolution Statue. In good condition, paint bright and clean, no other chips or marks, just hand gone as in other examples I found. Horse is beautiful. Part of a collection of revolutionary figures,

Info: Antique Kister porcelain figurine of Joachim Murat riding a white horse. A.W. Fr. Kister Porcelain Manufactory of Scheibe-Alsbach, Thuringia, Germany, used this mark from 1900 to 1972. ("A.W. Fr." stands for "August Wilhelm Fridolin.") The company was in business from 1838 until 1991. Joachim Murat (1767 – 1815) was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of France, and was also the 1st Prince Murat,Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and, as Joachim-Napoleon, King of Naples from 1808 to 1815.