Lot 250
A 19th century cocquilla nut snuff box
Auction: 26 March 2003 at 11:00 GMT
£764
Description
in the form of the 38 gun frigate Muiron, the hinged lid carved with the figure of Napoleon
9cm
Footnote
Napoleon escaped from Elba on board the Muiron in 1811, presumably dating this box between that date and his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815.