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View full screenSilver-gilt beaker, with a card and silk liner, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, hallmarked 1809 - 1819, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
A.1986.5.3
Nécessaire de voyage, Travelling service, Beaker
Biennais, Martin-Guillaume, 1764 - 1843, Silversmith
Paris, France, Western Europe
1809 - 1819
Silver-gilt
Previous owner: Princess Pauline Borghese
Previous owner: Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 1767 - 1852
European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
National Museum of Scotland
Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Acquired with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund