A Rare Pair of French Opaline Finger Bowls with the Imperial Cipher of Napoleon III, c.1855–1870 art her bobbed hairstyle and flowing

her bobbed hairstyle and flowing lines reflecting the sleek elegance of the Art Deco movement

A beautifully carved Italian Baroque cherub or angel emerging from bold acanthus scrolls

Created for domestic use

in her elegantly carved fingers she displays a nest with a mother feeding two hungry chicks

whose restorations at Windsor Castle were later influenced by the couple's work at Alnwick

A Rare Pair of French Opaline Finger Bowls with the Imperial Cipher of Napoleon III, c.1855–1870 art her bobbed hairstyle and flowingA beautifully refined pair of French bols en opaline opaline glass finger bowls each decorated with the gilded crowned N of Napoleon III. These elegant Second Empire pieces were almost certainly produced for the Imperial household and formed part of a formal table service or guest apartment setting. The milky translucency, wide flared rims and hollow feet are characteristic of high quality mid 19th century opaline, and the bowls exactly correspond to