CIRCA 1825

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A CHARLES X 'PALAIS-ROYALE' ORMOLU AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL 'SERRE CARTES'
CIRCA 1825
The mother-of-pearl shell dividers engraved with the days of the week within a frame cast with foliage and surmounted by sea horses
13½ in. (34 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The decorative porte-papiers tablet, with imbricated shell paterae for cards, relates to one paired with a barometer and hanging beside an overmantle glass in an early 19th century engraving by J-J. Granville (N. de Reynies, Le Mobilier domestique, vol. l, Paris 1987, p.632).

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