Lot 40
  • 40

deux boîtes, fin du XIXe / début XXe siècle

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • deux boîtes, fin du XIXe / début XXe siècle
  • Yellow gold
  • Chaque long. 8 cm, 3 1/8 in
la première, rectangulaire, ciselée de fleurs sur un fond sablé, le revers d'armoiries, reposant sur quatre pieds griffes, poinçons prestige dont la lettre date pour Paris 1774 ; la seconde, en forme de cartouche, le couvercle à décor en haut relief d'une pastorale, apparemment non poinçonnée, probablement espagnole

the first, rectangular, chased with flowers on a sablé ground, the reverse with a coat-of-arms, on four paw supports, spurious marks including date 1774; the second, cartouche form, the lid in high relief with a pastoral subject, apparently unmarked, probably Spanish

Condition

excellent.
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