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A GERMAN ROCOCO COMPOSITION NEEDLE-CASE INLAID WITH GOLD, SHELLS, BONE AND HARDSTONE
BERLIN OR DRESDEN, CIRCA 1740/1760
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A GERMAN ROCOCO COMPOSITION NEEDLE-CASE INLAID WITH GOLD, SHELLS, BONE AND HARDSTONE
Berlin or Dresden, circa 1740/1760
Tapering irregularly-shaped dark composition étui lined with gold, all over encrusted with rocaille, shellwork, scrolls, figures and waterfalls in chased and embossed gold, engraved and carved mother-of-pearl, carved bone and lapis-lazuli
4¼ in. (108 mm.) long
來源
Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 1989, lot 110.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
拍品專文
For snuff-boxes in the same rare technique probably from the same workshop, see Christie's, Geneva, 11 May 1982, lot 183 and Sotheby's, Geneva, 19 November 1996, lot 283.