ID 1309840
Lot 112 | A GROUP OF FIVE FRENCH AND SWISS GOLD NEEDLE CASES
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
- a small two-colour polished gold example of octagonal section with palmette ornament, mark of Antoine Beauvisage fils, Paris, 1819-1838, with later control marks
- a tapering one set with diagonal bands of turquoise half beads, unmarked, probably Geneva circa 1830
- a polished gold and pale blue enamel one, chased on one side with a shield centred by an enamelled initial C, mark of Gabriel Raoul Morel, Paris 2e titre
- a vari-colour gold one of oval section, engine-turned with reeding scattered with pellets, and applied with chased in high relief with rope band, the matrix engraved with monogram MG, marked Paris, 1782, maker's mark possibly that of Jacques-Charles Tondu de Nangis
- a stele shaped with Pharaoh head one, chased with Egyptian symbols on matted ground, the base with compartment, maker's mark double strucked, later French control marks
21/2 in. (6.5 cm.) to 35/8 in. (9,5 cm.) long
gross weight 2 oz. 5 dwt. (70 gr.)
| Artist: | Gabriel Raoul Morel (1764 - 1832) |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Place of origin: | France, Switzerland |
| Artist: | Gabriel Raoul Morel (1764 - 1832) |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Place of origin: | France, Switzerland |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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