A FRENCH GOLD AND GEM-SET BOX

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A FRENCH GOLD AND GEM-SET BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF KELLER, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY

Rectangular, with fringe-engraved band, the removable cover applied with a diamond-set F and B flanking a diamond-set gold-mounted turquoise colored flower, engraved under cover with the inscription To Frank and Barbara Love and Happiness Gene and Mike, marked on base and cover
7in. (17.8cm.) long

Lot Essay

Gene and Mike Romanoff, close friends of the Sinatras, were the proprietors of the world-famous Romanoff's. The Romanoffs were partially responsible for the Sinatras's interest in Fabergé and objects of vertu.