A FINE GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED ORANGE AGATE NÉCESSAIRE of rectangular upright form with redstone pushpiece, the cagework panels chased with birds and a hound enclosed in flowers and scrolls, the hinged cover enamelled in gilt letters on a white ground 'Ceci est rien l'amitie est tout', the mirrored interior complete with fitments including two glass scent-bottles with engraved gold caps, gold snuff-spoon, gold-mounted folding knife and pencil, with combined steel tweezers and file and two-leaf ivory slip, circa 1765, in the manner of John Barbot

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A FINE GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED ORANGE AGATE NÉCESSAIRE of rectangular upright form with redstone pushpiece, the cagework panels chased with birds and a hound enclosed in flowers and scrolls, the hinged cover enamelled in gilt letters on a white ground 'Ceci est rien l'amitie est tout', the mirrored interior complete with fitments including two glass scent-bottles with engraved gold caps, gold snuff-spoon, gold-mounted folding knife and pencil, with combined steel tweezers and file and two-leaf ivory slip, circa 1765, in the manner of John Barbot
5.9cm. high

Lot Essay

INDENTCf. Christie's, New York, 28 March 1979, lot 236 for a cagework nécessaire signed on the wooden carcase by J. Barbot with date 1765. Cf. also Somers Cocks, Truman op. cit. no.105 for a similar nécessaire with identically engraved scent-bottle caps, and Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 1989, lot 105 and 21 November 1991, lot 107 (with the same inscription)

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