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Lot 549

Sale 5717 - English & Continental Furniture + Dec. A
Jan 29, 2009 5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$7,000 - 10,000
Price Realized
$10,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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Fine & rare French silver-gilt and porcelain 'necessaire de voyage' pierre-noel blaquiere, 1819-1838, with additions

In a satinwood and cut steel bound fitted case with red Moroccan leather compartments; the complete contents comprising a teapot with horse-head spout and ebonized handle, 2 large silver mounted cut glass scent bottles, a cylindrical container with a shaving brush, a chamberstick, 2 small silver-gilt mounted scent bottles, a rectangular silver mounted cut glass box, 2 silver mounted cylindrical cut glass containers, an ebonized wood and mother-of-pearl mounted cylindrical container, 2 gilt porcelain teacups and saucers, 2 silver mounted cut glass containers, an eyewash and funnel, 2 silver mounted cut glass inkpots, a mother-of-pearl handle wax seal, a silvered metal toothbrush, a silver-gilt spoon, fork and 2 teaspoons (different maker), a folding mother-of-pearl ruler, a silver gilt retractable pencil, a turned mother-of-pearl container, three mother-of-pearl handle implements, scissors, 3 folding mother-of-pearl handle knives, a needle case and a tortoiseshell comb; most pieces monogrammed 'AGH'. .

Teapot H: 3 1/2 in.

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