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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1795 AND 1780
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A fish skin and gilt-mounted note book set with a portrait miniature and a gilt-mounted painted metal booklet
Apparently unmarked, circa 1795 and 1780
Of rectangular form, the gilt mounts engine-turned with foliate motifs and sprays of leafage, centered by an applied rectangular-shaped medallion set with entwined hair and an oval-shaped portrait medallion painted with a female figure white dress, the reverse applied with foliate motif; and a painted metal booklet with foliate-decorated gilt mounts, depicting pheasants and birds near a tree, the inside textile
10cm. (4in.) wide (2)
Apparently unmarked, circa 1795 and 1780
Of rectangular form, the gilt mounts engine-turned with foliate motifs and sprays of leafage, centered by an applied rectangular-shaped medallion set with entwined hair and an oval-shaped portrait medallion painted with a female figure white dress, the reverse applied with foliate motif; and a painted metal booklet with foliate-decorated gilt mounts, depicting pheasants and birds near a tree, the inside textile
10cm. (4in.) wide (2)