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A PIQUE TORTOISESHELL CARNET DE BAL
18th Century, probably Naples
Shaped rectangular, each side piqué with a peacock, surrounded by birds, insects and flowers in a foliate scroll and scalework border, with a pencil to one side and swivelling open to reveal five ivory tablets, unmarked - 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
18th Century, probably Naples
Shaped rectangular, each side piqué with a peacock, surrounded by birds, insects and flowers in a foliate scroll and scalework border, with a pencil to one side and swivelling open to reveal five ivory tablets, unmarked - 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high