Lot Essay
Paula Hardwick, Discovering Horn, Lutterworth Press, Guildford Surrey 1981. A similar example is illustrated and discussed page 107.
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Details
A French pressed horn snuff box, early 19th century
modelled as Napoléon's bicorn hat, the hinged cover depicting an equestrian scene of the Emperor, the reverse inlaid with his badge -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) long
modelled as Napoléon's bicorn hat, the hinged cover depicting an equestrian scene of the Emperor, the reverse inlaid with his badge -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) long
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