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CIRCA 1750/1760, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893
Details
A GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE NEEDLE CASE
circa 1750/1760, later struck with two French import marks for gold 1864-1893
Tapering flattened rectangular case applied with blue/grey-brown striated agate panels within reeded horizontal gold mounts, engraved, pierced and embossed cagework mounts, slightly domed ends, hinge at the short rear end, old-mine cut diamond pushpiece at side
3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) long
circa 1750/1760, later struck with two French import marks for gold 1864-1893
Tapering flattened rectangular case applied with blue/grey-brown striated agate panels within reeded horizontal gold mounts, engraved, pierced and embossed cagework mounts, slightly domed ends, hinge at the short rear end, old-mine cut diamond pushpiece at side
3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 1989, lot 109.
Special notice
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