NECESSAIRE DE TOILETTE. PARIS, goldsmith J.A., ap. 1838 (Min - Lot 94

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NECESSAIRE DE TOILETTE. PARIS, goldsmith J.A., ap. 1838 (Min - Lot 94
NECESSAIRE DE TOILETTE. PARIS, goldsmith J.A., ap. 1838 (Minerve). In a mahogany box with compartments lined with velvet, leather and purple moiré silk, engraved brass borders, decoration and handles. It includes in the upper part: three bottles, two cylindrical toilet boxes, two circular toilet boxes including a powder box, a root box, a soap box, two ointment boxes, one of which is lined with leather and, in the lid, a large mirror. Lids in silver guilloche engraved in the center of the letter A crowned in a circular medallion. In the lower drawer, there is a manicure set, a horn comb and a bone shoehorn. Engraved coat of arms on the lid of the box in a cartouche decorated with foliage. In a shield stamped with a crown, matched with a collar of order with the motto MORTALIUM NOBILITAS and supported by horses hoisting: Gules to a bar of gold accompanied in chief by three wheels and in point by a triton. Brass plate engraved with the monogram PS and the inscription "Breveté S.G.D.G. Patent[...] / Paris". Incomplete, wear of the case, shocks. Net weight (silver) 145,1 g. the mirror frame has been redone.
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