Napoleon Bonaparte: a lock of his hair

Napoleon Bonaparte: a lock of his hair, set within a gilt mount to a glazed leather case, accompanied by a manuscript letter dated 1874 and detailing the provenance from Captain Thomas Ussher R.N., who conveyed Napoleon to his first exile on Elba.

Letter reads: '[Lock of] hair from Napoleon the 1st, given to Madame XXX by Commodore Ussher of the British Navy, on the 25th August 1825 (Captain Ussher was in charge of the corvette which took the Emperor....[to Elba]....Madame XXX gives this precious relic to her friend Mme Armingand as she is the most suited to keep it [safe]. Eleonore XXX, 85 years old on the 16th September 1874.'

'Gifted to Mr L.Gaulard par Mme Armingand, who died in 1878.'

'Gifted to Mr Maratier by Jacqueline Gaulard on 24th April 1952.'