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A GROUP OF TWO NAPOLEONIC NECESSAIRES
The former decorated overall in straw marquetry depicting figures and floral bouquets and opening to reveal a fitted interior above a base drawer, the latter polychrome-decorated with a figure of Napoleon on the battlefield and opening to reveal a fitted interior, together with, an ebonized inkstand having a central handle and fitted for inwells above a base drawer
The largest 15in. wide (3)
The former decorated overall in straw marquetry depicting figures and floral bouquets and opening to reveal a fitted interior above a base drawer, the latter polychrome-decorated with a figure of Napoleon on the battlefield and opening to reveal a fitted interior, together with, an ebonized inkstand having a central handle and fitted for inwells above a base drawer
The largest 15in. wide (3)
Provenance
By repute, the first necessaire once owned by the Empress Josephine and the inkstand once owned by Napoleon.