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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Baccarat, circa 1845-55

Diameter: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 inches)
(702250)

Sulphide portrait of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III); set on a translucent emerald green footed base; sides cut with three rows of honeycomb printies; ten-sided printy cut on top

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Louis Napoleon Bonaparte<BR>France<BR>Baccarat, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 inches)<BR>(702250)<BR><BR>Sulphide portrait of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III); set on a translucent emerald green footed base; sides cut with three rows of honeycomb printies; ten-sided printy cut on top
     
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