Maria Letizia Bonaparte (1750-1836) - Lot 266

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Maria Letizia Bonaparte (1750-1836) - Lot 266
Maria Letizia Bonaparte (1750-1836) Ivory napkin ring chased in high relief of a cartouche marked "MADAME MERE" in Gothic characters (small missing). Diameter: 4.8 cm. Height: 2.4 cm. In a turned boxwood box. A.B.E. circa 1820. Accompanied by a handwritten note in pen: "This ivory napkin ring once belonged to Madame Mère, mother of Napoleon I, and was given to Monsieur Edouard by an old general towards the end of the Second Empire. Second Empire by an old general to Monsieur Edouard Derlon, who was then Emperor Napoleon III's pharmacist III's pharmacist at the time, and who had access to the Tuileries. When he died, his widow, Madame Derlon, gave it to my parents as a token of friendship. I've kept it faithfully to this day but wishing it to remain in my family, I gave it to my cousin Robert Delangle..." Provenance: Osenat Fontainebleau, March 25, 2018, N°189.
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