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拍品 275 |Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester
A FRENCH BLACK LEATHER-FITTED DRESSING-CASE
HERMES, CIRCA 1960
已結束2019年12月13日
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GBP 3,500
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A FRENCH BLACK LEATHER-FITTED DRESSING-CASE
HERMES, CIRCA 1960
With gilt plated mounts, lined in red suede and leather, fitted with brushes, bottles, pots, boxes, a manicure set, shoe horn and comb, the hardware and leather stamped HERMÈS PARIS, the case with 'A' monogram beneath a crown; together with original cardboard box with handwritten label 'Princess Alice/Beauty Box/General de Gaulle'
9 x 13 ¼ in. (23 x 33.5 cm.) overall
The monogram 'A' is for H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice (1901-2004).
HERMES, CIRCA 1960
With gilt plated mounts, lined in red suede and leather, fitted with brushes, bottles, pots, boxes, a manicure set, shoe horn and comb, the hardware and leather stamped HERMÈS PARIS, the case with 'A' monogram beneath a crown; together with original cardboard box with handwritten label 'Princess Alice/Beauty Box/General de Gaulle'
9 x 13 ¼ in. (23 x 33.5 cm.) overall
The monogram 'A' is for H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice (1901-2004).
A FRENCH BLACK LEATHER-FITTED DRESSING-CASE
HERMES, CIRCA 1960
With gilt plated mounts, lined in red suede and leather, fitted with brushes, bottles, pots, boxes, a manicure set, shoe horn and comb, the hardware and leather stamped HERMÈS PARIS, the case with 'A' monogram beneath a crown; together with original cardboard box with handwritten label 'Princess Alice/Beauty Box/General de Gaulle'
9 x 13 ¼ in. (23 x 33.5 cm.) overall
The monogram 'A' is for H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice (1901-2004).
HERMES, CIRCA 1960
With gilt plated mounts, lined in red suede and leather, fitted with brushes, bottles, pots, boxes, a manicure set, shoe horn and comb, the hardware and leather stamped HERMÈS PARIS, the case with 'A' monogram beneath a crown; together with original cardboard box with handwritten label 'Princess Alice/Beauty Box/General de Gaulle'
9 x 13 ¼ in. (23 x 33.5 cm.) overall
The monogram 'A' is for H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice (1901-2004).
A gift from Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), when president of France, to H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice, at the time of de Gaulle's 1960 State Visit to Britain. T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were amongst the party which received the President at Victoria station. The visit was the first time de Gaulle had visited Britain since leading the resistance from London following the fall of France in the Second World War.