Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 389
‡Napoleon interest
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £380
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Description
‡Napoleon interest, a 19th century Chinese Export card case,
rectangular form, one side carved with a relief depiction of Napoleon's house on St. Helena, the other with Napoleon's Tomb within borders of carved trees and foliage, length 9.5cm.
Provenance: purchased at Bonhams, New Bond Street, Wellington, Waterloo and the Napoleonic Wars, 1 April 2015, lot 164.