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Lot 499
A German Forestry Service dress cutlass, by P.O. & C, the 15¼” blade finely etched with stag, boar and hunting scenes, the brass hilt of Assistant Forester’s type but with Senior Forester’s type ivory grips secured by 3 plain oval brass discs on each side, in its brass mounted black leather scabbard with provision for hunting knife (now missing), the chape and locket each numbered “30”. GC Plate 7
Lot 81
A pair of 19th century miniature portraits of a gentleman wearing a blue coat and white stock and his wife wearing a white dress with peach shawl and adorned with pearl tiara, earrings and a necklace, unsigned, on ivory oval plaques, 10 x 7.5cm, within gilt metal mounts and ebonised frames, (2).
Lot 104
Four ivory and bone tape measures comprising an ivory basket weave cylinder example, complete printed tape, 3cm, an acorn form example inked in nails and Q’s, 4.5cm, another with reduced printed tape below a pincushion, and an elaborate pagoda form example, loss to base, slightly reduced inked tape, 5cm (4)
Lot 107
Four vegetable ivory and bone tape measures incorporating Stanhopes comprising a needlecase example, complete printed tape (six views – Ilfracombe), 11cm, another, complete printed tape (six views – A Memory of Dumfries) 9.5cm, a barrel form example, complete printed tape, (single view – Edinburgh Forth Bridge), 4cm, and an acorn example, complete printed tape (four views – Barry Island) 6cm (4)
Lot 153
An unusual coromandel wood etui of rectangular section, circa 1850, the curved stepped lid inlaid in pearl, abalone, and coloured metals with a bee skep amid leaves and bees, the interior with ivory swivel notelet, silk needlebook, tapering cylinder form mother of pearl needlecase, mother of pearl shuttle, bodkin and mother of pearl single blade folding knife, interior probably adapted, 9.5 x 6.5cm
Lot 155
A fine Palais Royal scallop form mother of pearl sewing box, dated 1818, the lid with carved scallop mount within a floral and leaf engraved border enclosing a gold tablet within a gilt metal frame decorated with flowers and leaves and raised on three gilt paw feet; the lid interior with corded mirror over a silk and corded squab, the ivory velvet flush fitted interior with carved and engraved mother of pearl quiver form needlecase, mother of pearl bodkin, a pair of mother of pearl reels, a mother of pearl thimble with twin gilt band frieze, a pair of scissors with mother of pearl floral and leaf carved arms, a mother of pearl handled stiletto with gold shield, a mother of pearl tambour hook and three circular mirror based compartments for winders, 15.5 x 13.5 x 5.5cm The pink paper base with old inscription “The Kind Present of Lady Hardwicke in the year 1818!!!”
Lot 156
A good tortoiseshell sewing box of rectangular form, circa 1820, the slightly curved sides below an ivory line, the lid with inward curving sides to a cushion form top centered by a white metal tablet, on brass ball feet, the ruched blue silk lid interior over a flush fitted tray with cut glass scent bottle, steel scissors and needlebook and flanked to each side by a tortoiseshell lid, one revealing compartments the other a two division bone reel, old repair to right hand lid corner, 20 x 13.5 x 11.5cm
Lot 160
A burr ash and steel studded Palais Royal sewing box, circa 1830, the ogee sides below a cushion form lid bordered by fancy steel studs with central handle, on four ball feet, the interior with an ivory velvet flush fitted tray with fancy spandrels embroidered with flowers, with a full complement of tools comprising a pair of mother of pearl reels, a stiletto with inset enamel pansy motifs (chip at joint), a pair of scissors with steel blades, gilt mounts and floral carved arms to pierced border loops, a mother of pearl thimble with twin gilt bands and enamel pansy motif, a quiver form mother of pearl needlecase with enamelled pansy motif, and a cut glass scent bottle with gilt screw cover, general wear to edges of lid and lid veneers a little de-natured, 19 x 13.8 x 10cm
Lot 163
A Palais Royal inlaid mahogany musical sewing box in the form of a piano, circa 1850, on five turned rosewood legs the front with gilt metal oval floral escutcheon below a boxwood bordered lid with ivory and ebony keyboard, the lid interior fitted with a mirror over a blue velvet flush fitted tray with gilt wire and sequin pincushion, and fitted with a pair of mother of pearl reels, a cut glass scent bottle with gilt screw cover, a silver tweezer/earspoon, a carved mother of pearl stiletto, a pair of steel bladed scissors with gilt mounts the mother of pearl arms as jardinières below plain loops, a mother of pearl thimble with gilt band and engraved oval pansy motif, a mother of pearl needlecase, and a bodkin, the end section fitted with an operative musical box, the comb complete, below a conforming blue velvet and gilt wire and sequin cover, 29.5 x 20 x 17cm
Lot 183
An early 19th Century French burr elm and brass mounted Palais Royal sewing/travel box of rectangular form, brass shield escutcheon and lid plaque, the tooled leather lid interior fitted with a removable easel mirror revealing a letter compartment with printed label. “Hebert, Palais Royal, Galerie de Pierre No 20 cóte de la rue de la Lot’. The lower section fitted with six silver lidded jars and bottles, one chipped to neck, one chipped to stopper rim, a silver eye bath and a silver perfume funnel, arranged around a pair of flush fitted tooled leather trays, the upper with gilt mounted ivory fittings comprising a pair of knitting needle protectors, a pen, a cylinder needlecase, a tambour hook lacking end cover, a single blade folding knife, and with replacement steel scissors and corkscrew. The lower tray with conforming fittings comprising ivory thimble, stiletto, folding rule, reversible crochet hook, awl, eraser, tweezer/earspoon, horn handle toothbrush, outer box poorly finished, 24.2 x 13.5 x 9cm
Lot 192
A fine Palais Royal mother of pearl and gilt metal sewing box, circa 1820, the contents complete, of scallop form the lid with a panel of pearl engraved with a vase of flowers and garden tools within a fruiting vine border and a floral and pierced gilt border, the sides in floral and leaf scroll gilt over star work, to the centre a mother of pearl panel overlaid with a gilt scroll escutcheon and flanked to each side by four paper flower ovals under domed glass (one cracked and damaged) the back panel in engraved mother of pearl, raised on four gilt paw feet. The interior fitted with a mirror to the lid over a floral embroidered squab, over a flush fitted ivory velvet tray with floral embroidered pin cushion, a pair of mother of pearl silk winders in mirror base circular compartments, a quiver form needlecase with enamel and gilt pansy motif, a tambour hook, a stiletto with enamel and gilt pansy motif, a thimble with gilt bordered frieze and enamel and gilt pansy motif, a bodkin earspoon, a pair of scissors with gilt mounts the arms carved with birds and leaves each with enamel and gilt pansy motif, a paperknife with inset gold shield, a pair of reels and a cut glass scent bottle with gilt screw cover, some minor damage to back centre section of lid gallery, 21.5 x 19 x 10cm
Lot 193
A late 19th Century French ivory oval etui monogrammed to lid ‘hB’, the flush fitted interior with engraved silver gilt tools comprising twin blade folding knife, stiletto, tambour hook lacking screw, a pair of scroll arm scissors, needlecase and a thimble, lacking pencil and bodkin, 12.5cm x 7cm
Lot 195
A late 19th Century French ivory oval etui monogrammed to lid ‘LB’ below a recumbent stag and motto ‘I Rest To Rise’, push button to catch lacking, the flush fitted interior with silver gilt engraved tools comprising stiletto, bodkin, scroll arm scissors and needlecase, thimble replaced, 11 x 5.5cm
Lot 198
Two 19th Century French ivory etuis both of rectangular form, the first initialled ‘EMLLC’, the flush fitted interior with silver gilt tools comprising stiletto, scissors (one loop detached), thimble, needlecase and part bodkin, 10 x 5cm, the other plain and flush fitted with a pair of scissors and a replacement thimble, 8 x 5cm (2)
Lot 199
Two 19th Century French ivory oval etuis, both with damage to case ends, the first initialled to lid ‘EE’ and flush fitted with silver gilt engraved tools comprising tambour hook, stiletto, scissors (lacking one loop) and a needle case, bodkin and thimble lacking, 12 x 6cm, the other plain and flush fitted with a full complement of engraved silver gilt tools comprising crochet hook, stiletto, bodkin, thimble, scroll arm scissors and needlecase, 11 x 5.5cm (2)
Lot 203
A French ebony etui, circa 1860, the case of oval section and tapering form with twin metal initialled lid cartouche within a brass line, the ivory velvet flush fitted interior with elaborate part gilded steel tools comprising needlecase, scissors with pointed loops, bodkin and stiletto, with figural and other decoration, thimble lacking, 12.5cm
Lot 208
A mother of pearl necessaire of knife box form, circa 1800, engraved hinge mount, the lid with inset mirror within a red velvet and silver ribbon surround, the white metal mount fitted with ivory swivel notelet, a pair of steel scissors with silver loops, a pair of facet cut bottles with silver rims and glass stoppers, a mother of pearl handled folding knife (blade broken), a steel tweezer, three implements lacking, the outer case generally worn, some pearl loose, some chips, one side panel lacking, some pearl uneven 7.5 x 4 x 5cm
Lot 232
A group of reels comprising three bone reels labelled for I and W Taylor, two with floral screw tops, a line painted Tunbridge Ware cotton barrel, a wooden Dorcas reel, a pseudo reel, a four division ivory reel, chip, a set of six metal reels in tin case, 6cm and a box of miniature reels, 6.7cm (qty)
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