A Rare Pair of French Opaline Finger Bowls with the Imperial Cipher of Napoleon III, c.1855–1870A beautifully refined pair of French bols en opaline opaline glass finger bowls each decorated with the gilded crowned N of Napoleon III. These elegant Second Empire pieces were almost certainly produced for the Imperial household and formed part of a formal table service or guest apartment setting. The milky translucency, wide flared rims and hollow feet are characteristic of high quality mid 19th century opaline, and the bowls exactly correspond to