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Napoleon III Sulphide Portrait on Blue
France
Clichy, circa 1845-55

Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches(
(702329)

Sulphide profile portrait of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III); encircled by a ring of mulitcolored florets, including one pink clichy rose; set on an opaque white ground overlaid with blue; sides cut with six circular printies

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Napoleon III Sulphide Portrait on Blue<BR>France<BR>Clichy, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches(<BR>(702329)<BR><BR>Sulphide profile portrait of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III); encircled by a ring of mulitcolored florets, including one pink clichy rose; set on an opaque white ground overlaid with blue; sides cut with six circular printies
     
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