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A personalised knife and fork which were reputedly used by Emperor Napoleon have sold for Ł11,250 after a bidding war.
The silver-gilt cutlery has the Little General's initial 'N' in a laurel wreath, his Imperial arms and bee motif.
It is possible that the pieces were taken from his carriage following his devastating defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
The 'high quality' cutlery was made by the silversmith Martin-Guillaume Biennais in Paris in around 1810.
It went under the hammer with auctioneers Woolley & Wallis, of Salisbury, Wilts.
Silver-gilt cutlery has the Little General's initial 'N' in a laurel wreath, his Imperial arms and bee motif - 25 Jun 2021