Attributed to Salomon Counis

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Attributed to Salomon Counis
Jérome Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, full face in white uniform with gold-embroidered crimson facings and collar, wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Crown of Westphalia (cracked)
enamel, mounted on lid of rectangular tortoiseshell box (deficient)
oval, 7/8in. (23mm.) high
See Front Cover Illustration

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Jérome Bonaparte (1784-1860), King of Westphalia, brother of Napoleon. He served in the navy from 1800-02 and was given a high military command by Napoleon in the Prussian campaign of 1806. He was sovereign of Westphalia from July 1807 to October 1813, marrying Princess Catherine of Wurttemberg in August 1807

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