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A Victorian gilt-metal posy holder,
the bowl of flattened form and pierced with scrollwork, foliage and maidens holding aloft shells, one side set with a mirror, the reverse with applied ivory note-pad fanning to reveal four leaves, with carved mother-of-pearl handle the end unscrewing to reveal a pencil, English, mid nineteenth century -- 16cms; and a plated posy holder, the bowl stamped and pierced with scrollwork and a Greek Key effect, the shaped tubular handle part engraved with scrollwork, chain and pin attached, English, mid nineteenth century -- 14.5cms (2)
the bowl of flattened form and pierced with scrollwork, foliage and maidens holding aloft shells, one side set with a mirror, the reverse with applied ivory note-pad fanning to reveal four leaves, with carved mother-of-pearl handle the end unscrewing to reveal a pencil, English, mid nineteenth century -- 16cms; and a plated posy holder, the bowl stamped and pierced with scrollwork and a Greek Key effect, the shaped tubular handle part engraved with scrollwork, chain and pin attached, English, mid nineteenth century -- 14.5cms (2)