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Lot 61

Sale 5848 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 10, 2020 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500
Price Realized
$5,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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A large collection of sewing accessories England, Continental and America, 18th and 19th century

Including an octagonal figured satinwood and ebony sewing box fitted with compartments and some sewing items; a small trapezoidal burl sewing kit fitted with mother-of pearl accoutrements; a tortoise shell needle case; a melon-shaped carved ebony sewing kit; six silver thimbles; a pair of engraved steel scissors; an engraved steel scissors case with scissors; steel scissors marked "Hersault" with leather sleeve; a collection of silver filagree work items: scissors case with scissors, etuit, perfume case with two bottles, small case with matching thimble; a beaded needlecase; three bodkins of mother-of-pearl, steel and tortoise; assorted thread holders; a leaf-shaped chatelaine needlecase; embroidered silk hanging pin cushion, sewing bird, small laquer box, wax strawberries, and a tartanware measuring tape.

H: 3 1/8 in. W: 10 1/4 in. D: 7 1/2 in. (sewing box)

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