Lot 14
  • 14

étui à cigarettes en argent et émail, poinçon de maître MF, Vienne, vers 1930

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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Description

  • étui à cigarettes en argent et émail, poinçon de maître MF, Vienne, vers 1930
  • silver, enamel, butterfly wing, simulated ivory (plastic)
peint d'une scène d'intérieur de harem, 10,5 cm, 4 1/4 in ; et deux examplaires peints de motifs égyptiens, 9 cm, 3 1/2 in, 11 cm, 4 3/8 in ; un autre, Birmingham, 1927, orné d'une aile de papillon Morpho bleu, doublure en ivoire simulée,  8,8 cm, 3 3/8 in ; ainsi que deux autres aux sujets orientaux, 10 cm, 4 in et 11,5 cm, 4 1/2 in

painted with the interior of a harem, 10.5 cm, 4 ¼ in ; and two examples with Egyptian subjects, 9 cm, 3 ½ in, 11 cm, 4 3/8 in ; an English example, Birmingham, 1927 with morpho blue butterfly wing ornament, simulated ivory lining, 8.8 cm, 3 3/8 in ; and two others with Eastern subjects, 10 cm, 4i n and 11.5 cm, 4 1/2 in






 

Condition

Generally good condition, some scratching to enamel, some flaring on butterfly wing snuffbox and irregularities on enamel of wo last boxes.
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