Condition Report
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Lot 366
Sale 6254 - 1,000 Years of Collecting
Apr 6, 2017
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$400
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Victorian brass inlaid calamander traveling vanity case circa 1870
The rectangular brass-banded lid mounted with an etched brass plaque monogrammed "S.J.B."; the interior lined in forest green velvet and fitted with two lidded glass bottles, three stoppered decanters, three rectangular glass boxes with chased and pierced lids, two small lidded glass canisters, a file, a corkscrew, a pair of tweezers, and a pair of scissors; the lower section fitted with a pop-out drawer housing a gilt-tooled leather writing surface enclosing a fitted jewelry compartment lined in green silk, velvet, and tooled leather.
H: 7 1/4, W: 12, D: 9 in.