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A GEORGE III GOLD ÉTUI
circa 1760
Quiver-shaped, the body chased with the goddesses Diana and Ceres in landscapes bound by flowing scroll and flower work, hinge at the short end, loop at the top, the gold-mounted inside fitted with two-leaved tablets, steel scissors with gold handles, a finely stamped gold folding knife with steel blade, steel needle with gold eye, a reeded gold pencil holder with pencil and gold topped quill sharpener
4 1/8 in. (105 mm.) high
circa 1760
Quiver-shaped, the body chased with the goddesses Diana and Ceres in landscapes bound by flowing scroll and flower work, hinge at the short end, loop at the top, the gold-mounted inside fitted with two-leaved tablets, steel scissors with gold handles, a finely stamped gold folding knife with steel blade, steel needle with gold eye, a reeded gold pencil holder with pencil and gold topped quill sharpener
4 1/8 in. (105 mm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 May 1988, lot 234 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-178).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-178).
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