A tortoise shell, painted and foliate gold-mounted snuff box depicting Napoleon and Lodewijk Napoleon

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A tortoise shell, painted and foliate gold-mounted snuff box depicting Napoleon and Lodewijk Napoleon
First quarter 19th Century
Of circular form, the mounts engraved, the cover depicting Napoleon and Lodewijk Napoleon, King of Holland in two oval portraits facing each other surmounted by a ribbon, the sides with faux lapis lazuli and the inside tortoiseshell
8cm. (3¼in.) diameter

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