France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 Hold 4th Infantry

4th Infantry

The reverse is maker marked “Nymphenburg” along with the maker’s stylized logo that is imprinted into the porcelain

WILLIS-O'CONNOR

framed by a crescent moon with the open end facing upwards

France. Napoléon Bonaparte Bicorne Snuff Box, C. 1830 Hold 4th InfantryThe snuff box is fabricated from horn with a black finish, in the shape of the bicorne worn by Napolon Bonaparte, the front panel with an enameled an d painted simulated plume, the rear panel illustrating the Vendme Column in Paris, flanked by a soldier at its base on the right, with the inscription "NAPOLON LE GRAND CHERI DE LA VICTOIRE. IL SUT PAR SON GENIE ETERNISER SA GLORIRE:", the column and inscription backed by multiple fine horizontal rules,