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Tortoiseshell Case, Gold Mount, Paris, 1774-1780
- Needle case
- Gold, brown tortoiseshell and moiré
- Paris, 1774-1780
- Length: 90mm; diameters: 13mm & 9mm
- Very fine condition
- Brown tortoiseshell cylindrical needle case with gold mounting (hallmarked) with finely chased decoration of interlacing and lozenges; inside in tortoiseshell.
- Hallmarks (on mount): discharge: cherubin head, discharge for little gold and silver object, Paris from August 26, 1780 to September 1782 [Bimbenet-Privat, no. 507]; discharge:une graine de mouron, discharge for little gold and silver object, Paris, November 18, 1774 to July 13, 1780.
- Ref: [1] Bimbenet-Privat,Michèle & de Fontaines, Gabriel: "La datation de l'orfèvrerieparisienne sous l'ancien régime ", Paris musées, 1995
- Gold, brown tortoiseshell and moiré
- Paris, 1774-1780
- Length: 90mm; diameters: 13mm & 9mm
- Very fine condition
- Brown tortoiseshell cylindrical needle case with gold mounting (hallmarked) with finely chased decoration of interlacing and lozenges; inside in tortoiseshell.
- Hallmarks (on mount): discharge: cherubin head, discharge for little gold and silver object, Paris from August 26, 1780 to September 1782 [Bimbenet-Privat, no. 507]; discharge:une graine de mouron, discharge for little gold and silver object, Paris, November 18, 1774 to July 13, 1780.
- Ref: [1] Bimbenet-Privat,Michèle & de Fontaines, Gabriel: "La datation de l'orfèvrerieparisienne sous l'ancien régime ", Paris musées, 1995
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