[Napoleon I, Emperor] Mother of Pearl, Tortoise Shell,
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[Napoleon I, Emperor] Mother of Pearl, Tortoise Shell, and Gold Gaming Chip With Scalloped Edges That Belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte. French, ca. 1800. Excellent. Seymour 33. The chips in this and the rppprevious lot are precise matches of those in the collection of the Wallace Museum of London, whose holdings include 66 of them. The museum’s accession of the chips was no later than 1872. The date and cause of separation of these chips from the larger set is unknown. Napoleon utilized the bee, long associated with French royalty, in the coat of arms of the Empire and on the flag of Elba. With: a copy of Antique Gambling Chips (1998). En suite with the previous lot.
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[Napoleon I, Emperor] Mother of Pearl, Tortoise Shell,
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