Also in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac.

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Every year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is transported to the reunion city.

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There is a wooden display case, about the size of a folding bridge table, showing off a portable retrospective he created for the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889.

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Like the celebrated wooden horse in the neighboring case, they came from Chu, the area in which Singer was a pioneering collector.

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"This is the first time since the 18th century that this country has judged a case of piracy, " defence lawyer Cedric Alepee said, noting that the accused did not have "wooden legs, parrots on their shoulders or eye patches".

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