A Naples-style étui with hinged cover, of tapering form, moulded in relief with figures in Classical dress at various activities with cherubs at play amongst clouds above, all within foliate scrolls, enriched in colours and gilt, 19th Century -- 4½in. high; and a silk purse, the exterior mounted with a porcelain plaque printed and painted with a shepherd boy playing a flute within a metal rococo-scroll border mounted on mother-of-pearl, 19th Century -- 2¾in. wide

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A Naples-style étui with hinged cover, of tapering form, moulded in relief with figures in Classical dress at various activities with cherubs at play amongst clouds above, all within foliate scrolls, enriched in colours and gilt, 19th Century -- 4½in. high; and a silk purse, the exterior mounted with a porcelain plaque printed and painted with a shepherd boy playing a flute within a metal rococo-scroll border mounted on mother-of-pearl, 19th Century -- 2¾in. wide
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