Lot 129
NAPOLEONIC INTEREST FINE MEERSCHAUM PIPE SILVER MOUNTED PIPE
CIRCA 1820
Auction: 31 March 2010 at 12:00 BST
£4,000
Description
silver mounted bear maker's mark EW, the pipe carved with Napoleon's double eagle armorial crest, the hinged cover chased with a trophy motif
Dimensions
18cm wide approx
Footnote
Paper label bears inscription: Purchased at the sale of his affects, Longwood House, purched by ............., St Helena, 1821, verso, Napoleon Bonarpartes pipe, from the Briar collection.