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NO RESERVE TIFFANY & CO ART DECO ENAMEL AND DIAMOND VANITY CASE AND LIPSTICK HOLDER
Lot 209Property from the Collection of May Bourne Strassburger

NO RESERVE TIFFANY & CO ART DECO ENAMEL AND DIAMOND VANITY CASE AND LIPSTICK HOLDER

Closed8 December 2022

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NO RESERVE TIFFANY & CO ART DECO ENAMEL AND DIAMOND VANITY CASE AND LIPSTICK HOLDER
Black enamel, rose-cut diamonds, 14k yellow gold, vanity case and lipstick holder are joined by a chain with a finger ring, circa 1925, vanity case signed Tiffany
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?Size/Dimensions: vanity case 4.4 x 4.4 x 1.2 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 0 1/2 in), lipstick holder 4.2 x 1.7 cm (1 3/4 x 3/4 in)
?Gross Weight: 76.8 grams

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May Bourne Strassburger (1883 – 1959) was the eldest daughter of Frederick G. Bourne, the fifth president of the Singer Manufacturing Company. She married Ralph Beaver Strassburger, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania German Society in 1911. Together the Strassburgers traveled between their farm in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania and their homes in Paris, Deauville and Chantilly, France as well as Palm Beach, Florida. They were known as avid antique collectors and breeders of thoroughbred racehorses.

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