AN INTERESTING SET OF FOUR FRENCH BOTTLE-HOLDERS

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AN INTERESTING SET OF FOUR FRENCH BOTTLE-HOLDERS
Paris 1809-1819, maker's mark of Jacques Nicolas Bonhomme

Each circular, the foot decorated with applied dentilated band, the everted plain sides with applied band of water-leaf, engraved in the center with a coat-of-arms surmounted by manteling beneath Empire Prince's coronet, marked on bases and sides - 13.5 cm (5¼ in) diam., 3 cm (1¼ in) deep
810 grs. (4)

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The arms are those of Maréchal Ney (1769-1815).
Michel Ney, son of a Cooper, joined the army in 1787, took part in all major Napoleonic campaigns, was made Maréchal d'Empire in 1804, Duc d'Elchingen in 1808 and Prince de la Moskova in 1813. Having changed sides twice at the return of the Bourbons, he was to be executed in 1815.

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