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CIRCA 1840, PROBABLY FRENCH, UNMARKED
Details
A gold and turquoise vinaigrette
circa 1840, probably French, unmarked
Book-form, the cover and spine engraved with scrolls and flowers and inset with lozenges, triangles and bands of cabochon turquoises, the grille pierced with foliate scrolls with rope-twist border, with suspension ring and chased-foliage loop
1 3/8 in. (35 mm.) long
circa 1840, probably French, unmarked
Book-form, the cover and spine engraved with scrolls and flowers and inset with lozenges, triangles and bands of cabochon turquoises, the grille pierced with foliate scrolls with rope-twist border, with suspension ring and chased-foliage loop
1 3/8 in. (35 mm.) long
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1983, lot 313 (SFr. 4,800).
Special notice
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