Lot 433
A CASED LOCK OF HAIR FROM NAPOLEON
UNMARKED
Auction: Day Two | Thursday 20 August from 10am | Lots 199 - 555
Description
The circular glazed locket surmounted by displayed eagle and crown, engraved to rim ‘Hair of Napoleon’
Dimensions
Locket diameter 30mm, overall height 48mm
Provenance
Believed to have been collected by Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone, 33rd Regiment, while Lt. Col. serving on active duty after Waterloo.
By direct descent
The Elphinstone Family Collection