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he works at a metal recycling place and he brings me cool stuff which gets brought there. i can't believes someone would bring these to a recycling center! i'd love to know the approximate values of these urns. if someone could direct me to where i might find the info myself, that would be helpful.
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thank you rob in hawaii. nice work. that place had a pair of the exact same ones. i called them and they purchased them in france and said that they are napoleon III and made in 1850. they are selling them for lots of $$. you helped me alot. thanks again!
i just got more details from them and the urns are very rare napoleon III, from 1880 and made by Alfred Corneau Cast Iron Urns from Charleville, France. They are selling them for $1750 each - yikes!