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A FINE GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED JASPER ETUI
CIRCA 1750
OF TAPERING FORM WITH CHATELAINE CLIP AND ACCESSORIES, THE PANELS OF JASPER ENCLOSED BY CHASED FOLIATE BORDERS, THE SIDES FLAT-CHASED WITH SCROLLS AND SHELLS ON A MATTED GROUND, WITH DIAMOND PUSHPIECE, THE INTERIOR WITH GOLD FITMENTS INCLUDING FOLDING KNIFE WITH CHASED FOLIAGE HANDLE, COMBINED DIP-PEN AND PENCIL, COMBINED BODKIN AND EARSPOON, COMBINED FILE AND TWEEZERS AND GOLD-MOUNTED STEEL SCISSORS, THE LATER GILT-METAL CHATELAINE CLIP WITH JASPER PANELS WITHIN SIMILAR SHELLS AND SCROLLS, THE FLANKING GOLD CHAINS SUSPENDING AN 18TH CENTURY ENAMELLED GOLD FOB-SEAL WITH PARROT HANDLE AND INTAGLIO HEAD OF A CAESAR, AND A SMALL CABOCHON AMETHYST HEART PENDANT SET WITH A SMALL ROSE-DIAMOND--THE ETUI 3 1/2IN. (9CM.) HIGH
CIRCA 1750
OF TAPERING FORM WITH CHATELAINE CLIP AND ACCESSORIES, THE PANELS OF JASPER ENCLOSED BY CHASED FOLIATE BORDERS, THE SIDES FLAT-CHASED WITH SCROLLS AND SHELLS ON A MATTED GROUND, WITH DIAMOND PUSHPIECE, THE INTERIOR WITH GOLD FITMENTS INCLUDING FOLDING KNIFE WITH CHASED FOLIAGE HANDLE, COMBINED DIP-PEN AND PENCIL, COMBINED BODKIN AND EARSPOON, COMBINED FILE AND TWEEZERS AND GOLD-MOUNTED STEEL SCISSORS, THE LATER GILT-METAL CHATELAINE CLIP WITH JASPER PANELS WITHIN SIMILAR SHELLS AND SCROLLS, THE FLANKING GOLD CHAINS SUSPENDING AN 18TH CENTURY ENAMELLED GOLD FOB-SEAL WITH PARROT HANDLE AND INTAGLIO HEAD OF A CAESAR, AND A SMALL CABOCHON AMETHYST HEART PENDANT SET WITH A SMALL ROSE-DIAMOND--THE ETUI 3 1/2IN. (9CM.) HIGH
Provenance
THE DUKE OF ATHOLL, CHRISTIE'S, LONDON, MAY 18, 1988, LOT 112