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https://www.decorativecollective.com/dealers/walpolesA finely turned and carved, acorn-sized nut, with a threaded cover; hollow within, perhaps a thimble case. Carved and engraved all round with an anchor and a shield-shaped cartouche engraved with lilies, to either side of which are emblems of war; cannons and barrels.
English or French. Napoleonic period, circa 1800.