A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD NOTEBOOK PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1850 rectangular gold book, the cover and reverse with panels of translucent green enamel on an engine-turned ground, with taille d’épargne gold scrolls and foliage within engraved gold borders, the cover centred with a diamond-set floral spray, the reverse with an oval blank reserve of polished gold, the gold spine engraved with strap-work, a stone-mounted gold pencil inserted into the four gold clasps closing the booklet, the interior lined with light blue silk, the inside of the back cover fitted with a glazed engraved gold compartment, a silk bound and gold-cut paper carnet inside the binding 2¼ in. (68 mm.) high Provenance Christie's, London, 25 May 2004, lot 182.
A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD NOTEBOOK PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1850 rectangular gold book, the cover and reverse with panels of translucent green enamel on an engine-turned ground, with taille d’épargne gold scrolls and foliage within engraved gold borders, the cover centred with a diamond-set floral spray, the reverse with an oval blank reserve of polished gold, the gold spine engraved with strap-work, a stone-mounted gold pencil inserted into the four gold clasps closing the booklet, the interior lined with light blue silk, the inside of the back cover fitted with a glazed engraved gold compartment, a silk bound and gold-cut paper carnet inside the binding 2¼ in. (68 mm.) high Provenance Christie's, London, 25 May 2004, lot 182.
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