Lot 813
  • 813

Two small two-colour gold notebooks, England, circa 1812 and 1820

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Two small two-colour gold notebooks, England, circa 1812 and 1820
  • paper, leather, gold, hardstone
  • each 3.2cm., 1 1/4 in. wide
each square, closing with a clasp, the first set with malachite panels within gold mounts chased with lemon gold acanthus leaves, containing a printed London almanac for 1812, unmarked, in original morocco leather case ; the second, blank chased with lemon gold garlands and rosettes on an engine-turned ground, with suspension loop, the associated gold pencil with lapis lazuli matrix, containing a plain notebook, unmarked

Condition

both in good condition
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