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19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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FOUR TORTOISESHELL DESK OBJECTS
19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a pair of ashtrays applied in gold on one with a clown and on the other with a harlequin; a necessaire-à-coudre of knife-box form with mother-of-pearl inlay, containing a silver thimble and part pair of scissors and a heart-shaped pin tray with silver ribbon surmount and gadroon rim, London, 1892 (4)
19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a pair of ashtrays applied in gold on one with a clown and on the other with a harlequin; a necessaire-à-coudre of knife-box form with mother-of-pearl inlay, containing a silver thimble and part pair of scissors and a heart-shaped pin tray with silver ribbon surmount and gadroon rim, London, 1892 (4)
Provenance
The knife-box etui: Lady Sarah Spencer (1838-1919), 28 St. James's Place; Brought to Althorp by Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) in 1923.
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Catalogue of Snuff Boxes at Althorp, 1937, no. 176
Special notice
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