Raynors HCA 2020-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2020
Two Piece Mache Snuff Box, 2", embossed foils with color painted naval scene under doom with words "Dernier Retorde Napoleon, 1840". ... plus, Two piece Burleigh wood Snuff Box, with foil embossed image of a King and Queen under cracked glass. ... plus, Coffin shaped hinged snuff box1-1/2" x 4" x 1-1/2" with carving of Horatio Nelson on the lid. The retour des cendres ("return of the ashes") was the return of the mortal remains of Napoleon I of France from the island of St Helena to France and their burial in the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris in 1840.
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