Lot 247
  • 247

Gentleman's desk accessories, modern

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • gilt metal, tortoiseshell, gold, crocodile, leather
comprising: an oval tortoiseshell pen tray, gilt-metal handles inset with facsimile of Antiques coins, fitted case, 27cm., 10 5/8 in long a gilt-metal and a tortoiseshell pen and fountain pen; an 18ct gold and red enamel ‘must de Cartier’; a cased crocodile and gilt-metal travelling clock, Cartier, 7.5cm., 3 in; two crocodile wallet and passport holders with gilt-metal initials, 13.5cm., 5 3/8 in and 20.5cm., 8in; a gilt-metal magnifying glass, in fitted Wartski case, with applied initials 'JOP', 8.2cm., 3 ¼ in;  a leather-bound printed edition of les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon, Mr de La Fontaine, London, 1782, and a printed edition of Le livre des permutations, P. Larousse, Paris, 1916
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Condition

All in good condition but leather wallet and passport holder a little scuffed; the two books a little worn; the magnifying glass is good but its lens has a few very small scratches
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