Gougourde" gourd in dried gourd and braided chain, with pyro - Lot 355

Gougourde" gourd in dried gourd and braided chain, with pyrography commemorating Napoleon on the body. Bears an inscription "Ajaccio" and the profile of a Moor's head. Newspaper articles found inside (L'Éclaireur du Soir newspaper, dated June 9, 1928) relating a gift given to Mlle Menudier at the Villa Marie Thérèse (now Hôtel Martinez) in Cannes by Prince Alphonse de Bourbon-Deux-Siciles, the Count of Caserta (1841-1934), and Princess Maria Antonietta on the occasion of their diamond wedding in Cannes in June 1928. Head of the royal house of the Two Sicilies in exile. 19th century. L. 65 cm approx. Calabash probably decorated by a veteran in the 19th century, a work of folk art produced at the time of the Emperor's Return from the Ashes under the July Monarchy). The "Hussard" figure actually represents Napoleon on horseback.