Lot Essay
This was perhaps made to commemorate the birth of Napoleon's only son and heir in 1811
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CIRCA 1811, THE MOUNT WITH FRENCH DISCHARGE MARK
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A FRENCH ENGRAVED GLASS TUMBLER
CIRCA 1811, THE MOUNT WITH FRENCH DISCHARGE MARK
Engraved with profile bust portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie-Louise, their son Napoleon II, and her father Francis I, Emperor of Austria, the rim with a silver-gilt mount, the base with radiating diamond-cut panels
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 1811, THE MOUNT WITH FRENCH DISCHARGE MARK
Engraved with profile bust portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie-Louise, their son Napoleon II, and her father Francis I, Emperor of Austria, the rim with a silver-gilt mount, the base with radiating diamond-cut panels
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
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