Lot Essay
An unusual feature of this nécessaire is the folding feet on the base on the mahogany case which allow it to convert into a bidet.
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A LOUIS-PHILIPPE NECESSAIRE DE VOYAGE
by Aucoc, Paris, circa 1840
In a fitted rectangular mahogany case with detachable cover, comprising a plated oblong basin, a oblong basin, two tortoiseshell pens and two cut-glass inkpots with silver covers, a tortoiseshell ruler, a leather stamp box, a seal with tortoiseshell handle, six cylindrical and three onlong cut glass boxes with silver covers, one cover by Jacques Coquelin, four glass bottles in two sizes with silver stoppers, four knives, two teaspoons, two forks and two spoons by Pierre-Philippe Rousseau, a corkscrew, a coffee-pot with tortoiseshell handle with a leather box inside, a warming-stand, a sewing-set, a tortoiseshell comb in leather case, two tortoiseshell hairbrushes in leather case, a chamberstick, a tortoiseshell shoehorn, a tortoiseshell soapdish, the cover containing a mirror on stand and a leather and velvet portfolio.
Each piece is engraved with monogram LB for Louise Boode.
by Aucoc, Paris, circa 1840
In a fitted rectangular mahogany case with detachable cover, comprising a plated oblong basin, a oblong basin, two tortoiseshell pens and two cut-glass inkpots with silver covers, a tortoiseshell ruler, a leather stamp box, a seal with tortoiseshell handle, six cylindrical and three onlong cut glass boxes with silver covers, one cover by Jacques Coquelin, four glass bottles in two sizes with silver stoppers, four knives, two teaspoons, two forks and two spoons by Pierre-Philippe Rousseau, a corkscrew, a coffee-pot with tortoiseshell handle with a leather box inside, a warming-stand, a sewing-set, a tortoiseshell comb in leather case, two tortoiseshell hairbrushes in leather case, a chamberstick, a tortoiseshell shoehorn, a tortoiseshell soapdish, the cover containing a mirror on stand and a leather and velvet portfolio.
Each piece is engraved with monogram LB for Louise Boode.