A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SEWING NECESSAIRE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD
tapering rectangular tortoiseshell box, the cover inlaid with a mother-of-pearl chinoiserie scene depicting a seated gentleman playing a drum under a palm-tree, within a scrolling mother-of-pearl border and piqué gold frame, the fitted interior containing a pair of gold-mounted steel scissors, a gold bodkin-case, a gold thimble, a gold bodkin and a gold-mounted steel bradawl, each chased with scrolls and foliage, brass push-piece
4¾ in. (120 mm.) high
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SEWING NECESSAIRE
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH THE FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD
tapering rectangular tortoiseshell box, the cover inlaid with a mother-of-pearl chinoiserie scene depicting a seated gentleman playing a drum under a palm-tree, within a scrolling mother-of-pearl border and piqué gold frame, the fitted interior containing a pair of gold-mounted steel scissors, a gold bodkin-case, a gold thimble, a gold bodkin and a gold-mounted steel bradawl, each chased with scrolls and foliage, brass push-piece
4¾ in. (120 mm.) high
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