Napoleon Bonaparte: The British Sale

$41k in total, buyer’s premium included

10 of 11 lots sold

The sale on bonhams.com ↗︎

Pearls and cultured pearls 1 lots

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Pearls, type not stated

$7,009price paid Lot 67 A gold, enamel and seed pearl mourning brooch, circa 1830 ×1.3 high estimate Estimate USD 4k – 5k USD 7,009

Vintage 3 lots

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$1,402price paid Lot 28 A gold and agate cameo ring, early 19th century ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 1k – 2k USD 1,402 $964price paid Lot 72 A 19th century shell cameo of napoleon bonaparte ×1.4 high estimate Estimate USD 412 – 687 USD 964 $964price paid Lot 52 A gold and carnelian fob seal of admiral nelson, early 19th century ×3.5 high estimate Estimate USD 206 – 275 USD 964

Other jewels 7 lots

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$10,513price paid Lot 158 A mourning brooch containing a lock of napoleon'S hair, dated 27th july 1821 ×0.8 high estimate Estimate USD 8k – 12k USD 10,513 $7,885price paid Lot 54 A trafalgar-related gold memorial ring for john scott, ×0.7 high estimate Estimate USD 7k – 11k USD 7,885 $7,009price paid Lot 130 A horsehair bracelet, woven from the mane of the duke of wellington'S horse, copenhagen, circa 1815 ×1.7 high estimate Estimate USD 3k – 4k USD 7,009 $3,329price paid Lot 31 A portrait miniature of jérôme bonaparte by louis françois aubry (french, 1767-1851) ×1.2 high estimate Estimate USD 2k – 3k USD 3,329 $1,139price paid Lot 129 A gold memorial ring, circa 1815 ×1.7 high estimate Estimate USD 412 – 687 USD 1,139 $1,051price paid Lot 7 A gold, garnet and seed pearl memorial ring, circa 1801 ×1.0 high estimate Estimate USD 825 – 1k USD 1,051 Lot 29 A sardonyx portrait cameo, signed by morelli, circa 1810 Estimate USD 21k – 27k Not sold

Prices are the prices paid, buyer’s premium included, as Bonhams publishes them; prices per carat and comparisons with the estimates use them too (Bonhams estimates do not include the premium). Prices in USD at the ECB rate of 27 October 2021. Photographs © Bonhams 2021.