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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SWISS SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL PIPE FOR THE EASTERN MARKET
CIRCA 1820
Details
A SWISS SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL PIPE FOR THE EASTERN MARKET
CIRCA 1820
The cylindrical pipe in four parts, with red guilloche ground, and painted with blue and white oval medallions centering birds and butterflies, with gold paillon border, with silver-gilt pierced cagework and turquoise beaded bands at intervals, the amber mouthpiece with enamel band of butterflies, with two pipe attachments, apparently unmarked
23 7/8 in. (60.5 cm.) long
CIRCA 1820
The cylindrical pipe in four parts, with red guilloche ground, and painted with blue and white oval medallions centering birds and butterflies, with gold paillon border, with silver-gilt pierced cagework and turquoise beaded bands at intervals, the amber mouthpiece with enamel band of butterflies, with two pipe attachments, apparently unmarked
23 7/8 in. (60.5 cm.) long
Provenance
The Farouk Collection, sold The Palace Collections of Egypt, Sotheby's, London, 10-17 March 1954, lot 858