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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 491

Unsigned, French, circa 1715. Fine tortoiseshell veneered table watch holder designed as a small cartel.

CHF 1,500 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 2,990

C. Shaped as a small Louis XIV tortoiseshell veneered cartel inlaid with brass decoration en contre partie and applied with gilt bronze decoration, a bronze figure of a Nereide below the dial, a flame at the top. Dim. 27 x 14 x 8 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 1

As new

Dial: 21-51

Period

Partially reprinted