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WAX SEAL OF THE GREAT MASTER OF CEREMONIES OF THE HOUSE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. Round, in brass, with the arms of the Emperor Napoleon III under imperial crown, marked " THE GREAT MASTER OF CEREMONIES - HOUSE OF THE EMPEROR ". 22 mm. Height : 10 cm. Turned and varnished ebony handle. B.E. Second Empire period. The Grand Master of Ceremonies of the House of the Emperor was, throughout the Empire, Marie Jean Pierre Hubert de Cambacérès (1798-1881), nephew of the arch-chancellor of the First Empire.