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Lot 265
A DIAMOND AND GEM-SET VANITY CASE, BY BOUCHERON
Closed13 June 2012
Price Realised
GBP 1,875
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A DIAMOND AND GEM-SET VANITY CASE, BY BOUCHERON
The rectangular bi-colour box with pierced hinged cover depicting parrots and butterflies among flowering foliage with engraved detailing, set with circular-cut diamond accents together with cabochon and facetted sapphire and ruby highlights, the reeded sides and base with a similarly designed wedge shaped thumb piece, opening to reveal six compartments including two lipstick holders, a powder compact and a folding mirror, circa 1940, 14.0cm long
Signed Boucheron Paris and no.875012 and 82787
The rectangular bi-colour box with pierced hinged cover depicting parrots and butterflies among flowering foliage with engraved detailing, set with circular-cut diamond accents together with cabochon and facetted sapphire and ruby highlights, the reeded sides and base with a similarly designed wedge shaped thumb piece, opening to reveal six compartments including two lipstick holders, a powder compact and a folding mirror, circa 1940, 14.0cm long
Signed Boucheron Paris and no.875012 and 82787
A DIAMOND AND GEM-SET VANITY CASE, BY BOUCHERON
The rectangular bi-colour box with pierced hinged cover depicting parrots and butterflies among flowering foliage with engraved detailing, set with circular-cut diamond accents together with cabochon and facetted sapphire and ruby highlights, the reeded sides and base with a similarly designed wedge shaped thumb piece, opening to reveal six compartments including two lipstick holders, a powder compact and a folding mirror, circa 1940, 14.0cm long
Signed Boucheron Paris and no.875012 and 82787
The rectangular bi-colour box with pierced hinged cover depicting parrots and butterflies among flowering foliage with engraved detailing, set with circular-cut diamond accents together with cabochon and facetted sapphire and ruby highlights, the reeded sides and base with a similarly designed wedge shaped thumb piece, opening to reveal six compartments including two lipstick holders, a powder compact and a folding mirror, circa 1940, 14.0cm long
Signed Boucheron Paris and no.875012 and 82787
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).