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Royalist Dieudonné snuffbox, circa 1820 "This is what makes France glorious and happy". D. 7 cm

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Royalist Dieudonné snuffbox, circa 1820 "This is what makes France glorious and happy". D. 7 cm

Estimate 80 - 100 EUR

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For sale on Saturday 29 Jun : 14:00 (CEST)
semur-en-auxois, France
Daguerre
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