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A LONG ISLAND COLLECTOR
TWO WHITE JADE-MOUNTED GILT-METAL BOXES, the first an oval plaque carved to depict a quail by stalks of millet set into the lid of a silvered-metal box with scrolling bezel and thumbpiece, monogrammed and dated --3 1/8 in. long; together with another, the plaque an elongated oval with central vase of flowers set into gilt-metal box with etched flowers and foliage to body and inside of lid --4¾ in. long (2)
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TWO WHITE JADE-MOUNTED GILT-METAL BOXES, the first an oval plaque carved to depict a quail by stalks of millet set into the lid of a silvered-metal box with scrolling bezel and thumbpiece, monogrammed and dated --3 1/8 in. long; together with another, the plaque an elongated oval with central vase of flowers set into gilt-metal box with etched flowers and foliage to body and inside of lid --4¾ in. long (2)