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Lot 189

A circular gold snuff box with inset portrait miniature of Napoleon Bonaparte, French, late 18th century,
8.2 cm (3 1/4in) diam.

5 July 2005, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A circular gold snuff box with inset portrait miniature of Napoleon Bonaparte, French, late 18th century,

the oval head and shoulder portrait mounted in gilt surround with raised flower and lotus leaf decoration, the horn base with gold lining, 8.2 cm (3 1/4in) diam.

Footnotes

Provenance:
Charles Tyler and thence by direct family descent.

According to family tradition, this snuff box was acquired at the Battle of Trafalgar when Captain Tyler boarded the Spanish admirals flagship "Algesiras".

See also Colonel Wyndham-Quin "Sir Charles Tyler, GCB, Admiral of the White" Arthur Humphreys, London, 1912, Appendix IV. "Among other articles of interest preserved by the family may be noted:.....
(1) A GOLD SNUFF-BOX with a miniature of the Emperor Napoleon set in brilliants and presented to Sir Charles Tyler by King William IV.

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