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拍品 306
A GROUP OF TEN TORTOISESHELL ITEMS
MOSTLY ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
已結束2010年7月8日
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GBP 1,625
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A GROUP OF TEN TORTOISESHELL ITEMS
MOSTLY ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising three various etuis inlaid in silver or silver and gold, a toothpick box circa 1790, an oval snuff box with gilt-metal mounts, circa 1790, a carnet-de-bal with bright-engraved gold mounts (lacks pencil), a circular box with pull-off cover and applied gold roundel, probably French circa 1800, a tortoiseshell caddy spoon with scalloped bowl and inlaid silver disc-shaped reserve, circa 1790, a blonde tortoiseshell snuff box with cut corners (a/f), also a necessaire-de-voyage of knife-box form containing ivory aide-memoire, scent bottle, tooth/ear pick, tweezers and tortoiseshell-handled knife, circa 1795
Largest etui 4¾ in. long (12 cm.) (10)
MOSTLY ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising three various etuis inlaid in silver or silver and gold, a toothpick box circa 1790, an oval snuff box with gilt-metal mounts, circa 1790, a carnet-de-bal with bright-engraved gold mounts (lacks pencil), a circular box with pull-off cover and applied gold roundel, probably French circa 1800, a tortoiseshell caddy spoon with scalloped bowl and inlaid silver disc-shaped reserve, circa 1790, a blonde tortoiseshell snuff box with cut corners (a/f), also a necessaire-de-voyage of knife-box form containing ivory aide-memoire, scent bottle, tooth/ear pick, tweezers and tortoiseshell-handled knife, circa 1795
Largest etui 4¾ in. long (12 cm.) (10)
A GROUP OF TEN TORTOISESHELL ITEMS
MOSTLY ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising three various etuis inlaid in silver or silver and gold, a toothpick box circa 1790, an oval snuff box with gilt-metal mounts, circa 1790, a carnet-de-bal with bright-engraved gold mounts (lacks pencil), a circular box with pull-off cover and applied gold roundel, probably French circa 1800, a tortoiseshell caddy spoon with scalloped bowl and inlaid silver disc-shaped reserve, circa 1790, a blonde tortoiseshell snuff box with cut corners (a/f), also a necessaire-de-voyage of knife-box form containing ivory aide-memoire, scent bottle, tooth/ear pick, tweezers and tortoiseshell-handled knife, circa 1795
Largest etui 4¾ in. long (12 cm.) (10)
MOSTLY ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising three various etuis inlaid in silver or silver and gold, a toothpick box circa 1790, an oval snuff box with gilt-metal mounts, circa 1790, a carnet-de-bal with bright-engraved gold mounts (lacks pencil), a circular box with pull-off cover and applied gold roundel, probably French circa 1800, a tortoiseshell caddy spoon with scalloped bowl and inlaid silver disc-shaped reserve, circa 1790, a blonde tortoiseshell snuff box with cut corners (a/f), also a necessaire-de-voyage of knife-box form containing ivory aide-memoire, scent bottle, tooth/ear pick, tweezers and tortoiseshell-handled knife, circa 1795
Largest etui 4¾ in. long (12 cm.) (10)
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