A GOLD-MOUNTED GREY AGATE NEEDLE CASE WITH CHASED ROCOCO MOUNTS
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A GOLD-MOUNTED GREY AGATE NEEDLE CASE WITH CHASED ROCOCO MOUNTS

18TH CENTURY

Closed1 October 2014

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A GOLD-MOUNTED GREY AGATE NEEDLE CASE WITH CHASED ROCOCO MOUNTS
18TH CENTURY
Together with: a Palais Royale mother-of-pearl needle case in the form of a quiver of arrows, a mother-of-pearl card case with carved strap work, a George III silver-gilt engine turned snuff box, London 1819, a Rococo gold scent bottle with agate seal to the base, the matrix cut with a Neo-classical portrait bust, 18th century, a modern French gold scent bottle with basket weave decoration to the cylindrical case, the cover with diamond-chip band, a gold pill box with applied diamond-set double headed eagle to cover, probably late 19th/early 20th century, a gold lorgnette engraved with scrolling foliage, and a Chinese carved jade belt hook mounted on a gilt-bronze and ivory mounted bell push, early 20th century

Needlecase 4 ¼ in. (10.5 cm.) high