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AN ITALIAN JEWELLED ENAMEL AND GOLD AIDE-MÉMOIRE
circa 1840
Rectangular carnet, the gold sides engraved with interwoven bands of foliage, the cover centered by an oval enamel plaque depicting the Holy Family in a landscape, the reverse with the diamond initials "AS" on an oval translucent blue guilloché ground, the interior lined with pink silk and containing a booklet inscribed "SOUVENIR", a gold pencil holder closing the carnet -- 90 mm high
circa 1840
Rectangular carnet, the gold sides engraved with interwoven bands of foliage, the cover centered by an oval enamel plaque depicting the Holy Family in a landscape, the reverse with the diamond initials "AS" on an oval translucent blue guilloché ground, the interior lined with pink silk and containing a booklet inscribed "SOUVENIR", a gold pencil holder closing the carnet -- 90 mm high