Description:

AN EMPEROR NAPOLEON I SCENT BOTTLE AND STOPPER, GILT ENGRAVED MONOGRAM, FRENCH, CIRCA 1812,
the faceted balloon form stopper is associated and fitting over a blown glass "shaft-and-balloon" style bottle of drop form, the body is gilt engraved with a crown over the letter "N" cased in green tin metal case. Height: 6"

  • Provenance: Collection of Katherine Pitcher, Leonardtown, Maryland; Wayne Cox, Galveston, Texas; Christie's, Fine Antiques Arms and Armour and Sporting Guns, auction no. 11287, lot 26, December 18, 2015; Private Collection; Christie's London, Trafalgar Bicentenary: The Age of Nelson, Wellington and Napoleon, auction no. 7109, lot 108, London, October 19, 2005, label retained on case/canister; Sold to Joseph Tussaud for the waxworks museum, ledger entry dated May-July 1842 with special note, 'St. Helena camp bed, clothes and other items,' unknown purchase price; Acquired upon death of Lucien Bonaparte (1775-1840), by Eléonore Marie (née Brault) Gordon (Mrs. Archer Gordon) (1808-1849), actress, singer, Bonapartist and close friend of Napoleon III; By descent from Marie-Letizia Bonaparte, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (1750-1836), from a toilette service made for Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821).
  • Condition: Stopper likely not original and a popular stopper from the Victorian era. Label residues to base. Slight age. Campaign canister shows apparent age and wear.

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