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Boxes, Jewellery & Trinket (not wooden) — Precious Objects - Sotheby's
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| Number of lots recorded: | 31 |
| Lots with images: | 30 |
| Prices available: | 31 |
Category:
Boxes, Jewellery & Trinket (not wooden)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A Victorian tortoiseshell writing box the domed lid overlaid with the applied silver inscription Melba, opening to reveal an interior separated into compartments lined with red moire silk, containing various note papers bearing the initials NM and Coombe… | *** |  |
| *** | A 9ct gold pill box, Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1907 the lid embossed with the trademark symbol of 'His Master's Voice' inscribed to the interior With the Compliments of the Gramophone Co Ltd, 31 grams, 11m high, 46 mm wide, 35 mm deep. Property from… | *** |  |
| *** | A French two-colour gold and enamel box, maker A. C, Paris, mid 19th century of oval form with concave ends, the cover set with an oval plaque painted with an allegory of all-conquering love within laurel wreath border, engine turned ground, bead and… | *** |  |
| *** | Pair of gold and diamond dice and box, in the style of Goldfinger, the textured gold die inset with brilliant-cut numbers, housed in a gold box the lid applied with a brilliant-cut diamond set coronet, 147 grams total weight, approximate dimensions 35 mm… | *** |  |
| *** | An oval gold and enamel box, Hanau, circa 1790 the lid set with an enamel plaque depicting an allegorical scene, the body with engine turned finish and translucent red and opaque white borders, bearing pseudo Paris discharge mak, French control marks… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XV enamel and vari-coloured gold bonbonniere with inset miniature, marks possibly LJP Paris, 1776-1777, circular, the cover inset with a swiss enamel plaque depicting aeneas departing from dido, the base chased with a flower spray on engine turned… | *** |  |
| *** | A gold box, Alexander James Strachan, London 1815 of rectangular form with engine turned decoration with plain and reeded borders, the interior of lid engraved with a turret crest, contemporary fitted leather case; together with a handwritten letter dated… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XVI enamelled gold boite-a-rouge, makers mark probably Jean - Auguste Lorentz, Fl. Paris 1781 - 93, charge and discharge of Jean-Francois Kalendrin, the circular box with all sides decorated with repeating peacock feather design and translucent blue… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XVI gold vari-coloured bonbonniere, Alexis Proffit, Paris marks for 1874-1788, charge and discharge mark of Henry Clavel, Paris, 1784, circular, the surface with all-over engine turning with a concentric reeded design with flowerheads, the cover and… | *** |  |
| *** | An enamelled two colour gold bonbonniere, maker's mark of Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1780, of circular form, the lid and base with dendritic motifs to pale-apricot guilloche panels within a fine border of white enamel pellets and a further border… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XVI two-colour gold bonbonniere, illegible maker's mark, Paris 1779 - 1780 with the charge and discharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache, circular, the surface with engine turning, the cover and base centred with floral medallions within multiple… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XVI vari-coloured gold bonbonniere, Paris 1781-1782, maker's mark probably of Rene Pelissier, the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel, circular gold box with detachable lid, engine turned with concentric reeding and scattered beads, the cover and… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XVI gold and translucent blue enamel bonbonniere, marks of Rene-Jean Lemoyne, Paris 1780-81, with the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel, the circular box with top, sides and base in transucent blue enamel to guiloche ground, within borders… | *** |  |
| *** | A vari-coloured gold box, Swiss circa 1910, the hinged rectangular cover inlaid with cast and chased foliage and rosettes, the sides and underside with engine-turned panels and foliate borders, assayed as 18ct gold, French import marks, 121 gms, 8 cm wide… | *** |  |
| *** | A German circular enamelled gold bonbonniere, marked Fj., Hanau, late 18th century, the circular box with detachable lid, engine turned with concentric reeding and pellets, the lid and base centred with an applied swirling green enamel rosette, borders of… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XVI vari-coloured gold bonbonniere, Paris 1781-1782, maker's mark probably of Rene Pelissier, the charge and discharge of Henry Clavel, circular gold box with detachable lid, engine turned with concentric reeding and scattered beads, the cover and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss tri-colour gold box, early 19th century approximte weight 90gm, 8 cm long of rectangular form with oval ends, chased with flowerheads within trelliswork and two-colour gold trailing flower and leaf borders and lip, altered to end open, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A sewing box, Cartier, circa 1920 the gold tooled green morocco leather case opening to reveal numerous ivory sewing accoutrements, together with an associated silver thimble with agate top, marked Cartier, in a Cartier case, 60 mm high, 300 mm wide, 215… | *** |  |
| *** | A leather mounted box rectangular, crocodile skin, the hinged lid with applied silver inscription MELBA, 150 mm x 95 mm x 35 mm. Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss, circular two-colour gold bonbonniere, Geneva, late 18th century, makers mark FS approximate weight 78gms, 6.5 cm diameter engine turned decoration with chased central patera and acanthus borders | *** |  |
| *** | Gold mounted bloodstone box, Continental, circa 1750, the cartouche shaped box of green bloodstone panels, mounted en cage the gold mounts chased with rocaille and c-scrolls with undulating sides, reeded rims, raised scroll thumbpiece, back panel with… | *** |  |
| *** | Gold box, Tiffany & Co, decorated with an engine turned pattern, an invisible push button opens the double hinged lid, signed Tiffany & Co, measuring approximately 75 x 52 x 16 mm. | *** |  |
| *** | A French late 19th century ebonised jewellery casket of architectural design, the casket with a figural surmount of a wood gatherer with a drinking vessel in his hand, above a broken pediment with shaped sides, with panelled doors to the interior fitted… | *** |  |
| *** | An enamelled silver gilt casket of upright form and quatrelobed section, the sides decorated with enamelled iris and bamboo in relief on a finely meshed ground between bands of agate cabuchons, the domed cover similarly decoarated with lotus sprays around… | *** |  |
| *** | A French gold and horn box, Paris, circa 1785, later inset miniature to cover, the circular horn body with studded with gold pique stars throughout with multiple gold foliate borders, the cover inset with a painted miniature entitled La Rose Choisie… | *** |  |
| *** | 18ct gold pill box, circa 1950, Composed of woven gold wire in a chevron pattern, weight approximately 33.10 grams, measuring approximately 45 x 35 x 10 mm. | *** |  |
| *** | Gold pill box, the 18ct tri-colour gold box composed of finely woven gold mesh in a herringbone pattern, Italian assay marks, approximately 40 x 25 x 10 mm. | *** |  |
| *** | Gold pill box, the 18ct gold circular hinged box with a central circular motif to an engraved ribbed background, and milled edges, indistinct European assay marks, approximately 50 x 20 mm, 28.60 grams. | *** |  |
| *** | A large Victorian silver jewel box, maker S.C within double circle, Birmingham, 1860, of rectangular form, the hinged lid slightly domed with a scrolling foliage border, an engraved crested cartouche to the front, lion head with ring drop handles, raised… | *** | N/A |
| *** | A silver trinket box by H. Steiner, Adelaide, of serpentine oval form with a hinged cover and gilt wash interior, 103gms | *** |  |
| *** | An American silver patch box, 18th century, the slender shaped box, with pieced applied oval plaque depicting a little putti by repute possibly by Paul Revere 64gms | *** |  |