Sale 8018
London
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9 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 1,000
Estimate
A GOLD AND ENAMEL VESTA-CASE APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1890 Oblong, enamelled to simulate a cigar-case, the hinged front enamelled with a portrait of a gentleman, the back enamelled with the trade label of La Flor de Henry Clay, the hinged top opens to reveal a striking surface, the side with a wheel 2¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 18 May 1998, lot 185.
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