Continental, 19th century, comprising: whalebone lidded box, with carved bust of Napoleon, sticker label with price "$495", 1-1/2 x 3 in. diameter; Italian wood and bone box with religious text and iconography under glass plate, sticker label with price "$685", 1 x 3 in. diameter; tortoise shell box, with hand painted porcelain panel of women holding flag next to plaque reading "Success to Commerce", sticker label with price "$3,800", 7/8 x 2-1/2 in. diameter; two painted and black lacquer boxes, one of the Three Graces, one with landscape with sticker label "Russian/$375", larger 3/4 x 2-7/8 in. diameter

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Provenance: Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia

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minor scratching and wear to edges; Three Graces example with chip to rim