Lot 186
  • 186

Ensemble de 13 objets de vitrine, fin du XVIIIe - XIXe siècle

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
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Description

  • Ensemble de 13 objets de vitrine, fin du XVIIIe - XIXe siècle
  • lapis lazuli, silver, gold, coral, mother of pearl, ivory, coral
  • Colonne : 9 cm ; 3 5/8 in
comprenant : un mètre en ivoire,  un étui à couteau en nacre, une harpe miniature en or et nacre, un petit crayon en or, portant l’inscription R.T Be S.G.D.G ., Paris, la matrice en lapis lazuli gravée de l’initiale M, un petit couteau pliable à monture en argent et poignée en nacre, John Yeomans Cowlishaw, Sheffield, 1873, une vinaigrette en nacre avec grille en métal doré, un dé à coudre en émail, Staffordshire, vers 1760, des ustensiles à coudre en or et corail, probablement Italie, moitié du XIXe siècle, à savoir des ciseaux, un mètre, un dé à coudre, un étui à aiguille, un poinçon, ainsi qu’un putto en metal argenté sur une colonne en lapis lazuli

comprising: an ivory folding measuring tape, a mother-of-pearl knife case, a miniature gold harp, a gold propelling pencil with lapis lazuli matrix initialled M, a folding knife with silver blade and mother-of-pearl handle, John Yeomans Cowlishaw, Sheffield, 1873, a gilt-metal and mother-of-pearl vinaigrette, a Staffordshire enamel thimble, circa 1760, a group of coral and gold sewing implements, probably Italian, mid-19th century, and a silvered metal putto on a lapis lazuli column

Condition

sewing tools: some coral lacking. tape measure missing its tape
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