THE SCISSORS BY JOSEPH POINÇOT, MARKED, THE BLADES BY ROBERT & COLLIN, PARIS, SIGNED, CIRCA 1860, THE SILVER BOX BY LOUIS BENOÎT, MARKED, PARIS 1861-1876
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A NAPOLEON III GOLD-MOUNTED PAIR OF SCISSORS WITH ENAMELLED CASE AND A NAPOLEON III SILVER SNUFF-BOX
the scissors by Joseph Poinçot, marked, the blades by Robert & Collin, Paris, signed, circa 1860, the silver box by Louis Benoît, marked, Paris 1861-1876
Steel scissors with plain gold handles, with associated slightly earlier gold-mounted blue enamel case painted with a snake and garland on one side and with an urn and tree on the other side, together with an octagonal silver snuff-box with engine-turned cover and base, slightly concave plain sides, the lide centred by a rectangular plain reserve engraved with Gothic initials 'Q.B', slighty raised incorporated thumbpiece, gilt inside
5-3¼ in. (128-81 mm.) wide (2)
the scissors by Joseph Poinçot, marked, the blades by Robert & Collin, Paris, signed, circa 1860, the silver box by Louis Benoît, marked, Paris 1861-1876
Steel scissors with plain gold handles, with associated slightly earlier gold-mounted blue enamel case painted with a snake and garland on one side and with an urn and tree on the other side, together with an octagonal silver snuff-box with engine-turned cover and base, slightly concave plain sides, the lide centred by a rectangular plain reserve engraved with Gothic initials 'Q.B', slighty raised incorporated thumbpiece, gilt inside
5-3¼ in. (128-81 mm.) wide (2)
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