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CIRCA 1790
Details
A GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY AND JAPANESE LACQUER TOOTHPICK CASE
circa 1790
Octagonal flattened box, the cover set with a panel of Japanese gold and black hiramaki-e lacquer depicting oriental islands, gold mounts, the interior of the cover set with a mirror, the base lined with red velvet
3 9/16 in. (90 mm.) wide
circa 1790
Octagonal flattened box, the cover set with a panel of Japanese gold and black hiramaki-e lacquer depicting oriental islands, gold mounts, the interior of the cover set with a mirror, the base lined with red velvet
3 9/16 in. (90 mm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1973, lot 151 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-41).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-41).
Special notice
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