Sale 6179
London
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8 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 13,800
Estimate
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED DARK TORTOISESHELL MAGNIFYING-GLASS Circa 1730, probably Naples The shaped circular case with trefoil ends piqu pos and piqu point in gold on both sides with shells, foliate scrolls and scalework, the frame to the glass piqu with scrolls and foliage Length closed 3.3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) Length open 5 in. (14 cm.)
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. AR3114.
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Literature
1905 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 202, no. 1005. 1934 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 160, no. 5.
Exhibited
Vienna, Oesterreichisches Museum fr Angewandte Knst, inv. no. 30.263.
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