BEAUTIFUL 19th CENTURY OVAL TABATIERE In brown horn with gold mounting, decorated on the lid with the numeral "ME" or "NE" under the crown of a prince of the Holy German Empire, in inlaid and engraved gold. Austrian hallmark. H. 5.5 cm - W: 8 cm - D: 5.4 cm Gross weight: 107 g The snuffbox contains a note: "Given to Napoleon I to Metternich in Dresden and by him to Prince Esterhazy, who gave it to Sir Ch. Wyke, who bequeathed it to the present owner, Princess Paley". B.E. A beautiful Nineteenth Century oval snuffbox Commentary: Olga Valerianovna Karnovitch (1865-1929), second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch of Russia, known as Princess Paley. After the October Revolution, she fled Russia and settled in France, where she died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.