£800 - £1,000
AN 18TH CENTURY GENTLEMAN’S TORTOISESHELL AND SILVER ETUI/NECESSAIRE Cylindrical form, foiled back tortoiseshell body having pinned silver base and silver geometric topped design. Marked ‘IB’ on interior lid, containing a tortoise handled pen knife having applied silver borders, tweezers/file, silver and steel draughtsman’s divider, silver tweezers engraved ‘CC’ to prong met by empty seal terminal, paper cutter, silver and steel thread picker and integrated silver pencil and quill pen.
(Height 11.2cm x Diameter 3.1cm)
Fees apply to the hammer price:
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28.8% inc VAT*
Flat Fee Registration
25.20% inc VAT*
