A personalised knife and fork thought to have been used by Emperor Napoleon have sold for £11,250 after a bidding war. The silver-gilt cutlery, which is emblazoned with the General's initial 'N' in a laurel wreath, as well as his Imperial arms and bee motif, sold at an auction in Salisbury, Wiltshire, for double its £5,000 estimate. It is possible that the pieces were taken from the infamous General's carriage following his devastating defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
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