A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL NECESSAIRE PARIS, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819 AND THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819 AND TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with carved panels of mother-of-pearl mounted a cage within sablé gold borders chased with dolphins and rocaille within polished rims, the cover depicting Neptune, his chariot drawn by hippocampi, accompanied by his wife the sea-nymph Amphitrite, an arch of drapery over her head and their son Triton, a merman, holding a conch horn, riding across the waves, the sides depicting water-fowl and hunting dogs, the base with two butterflies within a scroll and rocaille border, with fitted silk-lined interior containing two gold-mounted cut-glass scent-bottles and a gold funnel, a drawer containing a chased gold-mounted mother-of-pearl brush, nail-file, burin and needle-hook, each engraved with initials, with later ivory needle, the interior of the cover set with a mirror with an embroidered silk cover 3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL NECESSAIRE PARIS, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819 AND THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819 AND TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with carved panels of mother-of-pearl mounted a cage within sablé gold borders chased with dolphins and rocaille within polished rims, the cover depicting Neptune, his chariot drawn by hippocampi, accompanied by his wife the sea-nymph Amphitrite, an arch of drapery over her head and their son Triton, a merman, holding a conch horn, riding across the waves, the sides depicting water-fowl and hunting dogs, the base with two butterflies within a scroll and rocaille border, with fitted silk-lined interior containing two gold-mounted cut-glass scent-bottles and a gold funnel, a drawer containing a chased gold-mounted mother-of-pearl brush, nail-file, burin and needle-hook, each engraved with initials, with later ivory needle, the interior of the cover set with a mirror with an embroidered silk cover 3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
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