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A SUPERB AGATE, GEM-SET AND GOLD "OWL" BOX, BY LACLOCHE FRERES
Of rectangular outline, the front depicting a sculpted gold owl, with calibré-cut ruby and cabochon cat's eye chrysoberyl eyes, enhanced by old European and single-cut diamond beak and claws, to the cabochon cat's eye chrysoberyl push-piece and carved agate sides, the reverse depicting the owl in verso, opening to reveal a compartment, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1920, 3¼ x 1 7/8 x 1 ins., with French assay marks
Signed Lacloche Frères, 15 Rue de la Paix, Paris
Of rectangular outline, the front depicting a sculpted gold owl, with calibré-cut ruby and cabochon cat's eye chrysoberyl eyes, enhanced by old European and single-cut diamond beak and claws, to the cabochon cat's eye chrysoberyl push-piece and carved agate sides, the reverse depicting the owl in verso, opening to reveal a compartment, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1920, 3¼ x 1 7/8 x 1 ins., with French assay marks
Signed Lacloche Frères, 15 Rue de la Paix, Paris