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Sulphide Portrait of Napoleon III on Amber
France
Saint Louis, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 inches)
(702476)

Sulphide portrait of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; "d louis bonaparte" inscribed on plinth; encircled by a ring of alternating blue and pink millefiori canes; amber-flashed, diamond-cut base; sides cut with three rows of four-sided printies; top cut with a ten-sided printy

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Sulphide Portrait of Napoleon III on Amber<BR>France<BR>Saint Louis, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 inches)<BR>(702476)<BR><BR>Sulphide portrait of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; &quotd louis bonaparte" inscribed on plinth; encircled by a ring of alternating blue and pink millefiori canes; amber-flashed, diamond-cut base; sides cut with three rows of four-sided printies; top cut with a ten-sided printy
     
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