France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 GTRexclude at the age of 72

at the age of 72

was possibly better than in the case of some other officers whom I have met

and twisted wire grey edging

in hardly used condition

large rosette on the ribbon

France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 GTRexclude at the age of 72The snuff box is fabricated from horn with a black finish, in the shape of the bicorne worn by Napolon Bonaparte, the front panel with an enameled an d painted simulated plume, the rear panel illustrating the Vendme Column in Paris, flanked by a soldier at its base on the right, with the inscription "NAPOLON LE GRAND CHERI DE LA VICTOIRE. IL SUT PAR SON GENIE ETERNISER SA GLORIRE:", the column and inscription backed by multiple fine horizontal rules,