Napoléon: Une collection historique

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A French gold, gilt-bronze, whalebone and mother-of-pearl horsewhip with the cypher of Empress Joséphine, Paris, circa 1805-1810

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Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 EUR

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Description

with a mother-of-pearl handle finished by a gilt-bronze finial, the top as a hinged vinaigrette, applied with the initial J surmounted with an imperial crown, with a whalebone with a ring (losses), with a Collection Murat label and a Murat plaque engraved 157

Long. 77 cm ; Length 11 ¼ in

Empress Joséphine (1763-1814);

Princes Murat;

Christie’s Paris, 14 April 2015, Lot 205

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