Lot Essay
US$3,000-5,100
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AN ELEGANT GEM-SET SILVER AND GOLD VANITY CASE, BY BOUCHERON
Of rectangular outline, the mirrored cover of the ribbed silver case overlaid with a scene depicting birds and butterflies in flight amidst blossoming foliage with cabochon ruby and sapphire detail, opening to reveal powder and cigarette compartments, lipstick holder, lighter and a comb, circa 1940, 13.0 x 8.4 x 2.0 cm., gross weight 523 grams, with French assay and maker's marks
Signed Boucheron, Paris, no. 875012
Of rectangular outline, the mirrored cover of the ribbed silver case overlaid with a scene depicting birds and butterflies in flight amidst blossoming foliage with cabochon ruby and sapphire detail, opening to reveal powder and cigarette compartments, lipstick holder, lighter and a comb, circa 1940, 13.0 x 8.4 x 2.0 cm., gross weight 523 grams, with French assay and maker's marks
Signed Boucheron, Paris, no. 875012
Literature
Cf. Gilles Nret's "Boucheron Four Generations of a World-Renowned Jeweler", Rizzoli New York 1988, page 165 for a similar vanity case