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A cocquilla nut snuff box
carved as a galleon hull, the figurehead modelled as a mermaid, the stern inscribed Didon, the cover depicting Napoleon, probably French, early 19th century -- 4 1/8in. (10.5cm) long, on a later hardwood stand
See Illustration.
carved as a galleon hull, the figurehead modelled as a mermaid, the stern inscribed Didon, the cover depicting Napoleon, probably French, early 19th century -- 4 1/8in. (10.5cm) long, on a later hardwood stand
See Illustration.