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A CHARLES X PALAIS ROYALE MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND ORMOLU NECESSAIRE A BRODER
In the form of a basket, banded overall with flowerheads, the oval hinged lid with central lozenge suspended by two winged lions, the fields with engraved trailing foliage and with pierced guilloche gallery, enclosing a fitted red velvet and pale-silk interior, the sides with simulated fluting and issuing a pierced ribbed loop handle, on a pierced guilloche foot with gadrooned edge, the work-tools lacking
4½in. (11.5cm.) high, without handle
In the form of a basket, banded overall with flowerheads, the oval hinged lid with central lozenge suspended by two winged lions, the fields with engraved trailing foliage and with pierced guilloche gallery, enclosing a fitted red velvet and pale-silk interior, the sides with simulated fluting and issuing a pierced ribbed loop handle, on a pierced guilloche foot with gadrooned edge, the work-tools lacking
4½in. (11.5cm.) high, without handle