An early 19th century finely carved coconut bugbear powder flask of Napoleonic interest, one end typ
An early 19th century finely carved coconut bugbear powder flask of Napoleonic interest, one end typically worked with a mask with inset glass eyes and fitted with a silver collar, cap and chains, one side carved with a central portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte below an eagle, the other side with a swan and fruit spray, all above a band of acanthus leaves and eagles, height 12cm.
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An early 19th century finely carved coconut bugbear powder flask of Napoleonic interest, one end typically worked with a mask with inset glass eyes and fitted with a silver collar, cap and chains, one side carved with a central portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte below an eagle, the other side with a swan and fruit spray, all above a band of acanthus leaves and eagles, height 12cm.