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ROUND BOX "THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON I"
Return from the Ashes Period - 1840
Material: compressed wood, varnished black, decorated with two engravings, one of Emperor Napoleon I on the lid, and the other with important dates in his life, from his birth to his death, on the bottom.
Diameter: 8.5 cm
Interior with collector's label "263"
Used proof.
Provenance: Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (3rd sale, lot 248)
Ref: 5UV55RHZFN