AN AMERICAN GOLD TABLE BOX
13.02.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1539035
Lot 457 | AN AMERICAN GOLD TABLE BOX
Estimate value
7000USD $ 7 000 – 10 000
MARK OF CARTIER, NEW YORK, MID-20TH CENTURY, 14 KARAT
Square with textured surface, the domed hinged cover mounted with a badge of the Order of St. Hubert, formed as a beaded star with white enamel cross, the center with translucent red enamel circle over a guilloche ground of radiating lines, applied with motto IN TRAU VAST, marked on flange of box Cartier 14k, the badge apparently unmarked
4 in. (12.1 cm.) square
12 oz. 18 dwt. (401 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
By repute, with Spink & Son, London (the badge).
By repute, acquired by Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) in the 1950s and mounted on the Cartier box.
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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