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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000
LOT 511
Swiss, made for the Oriental Market, circa 1850.Fine, 18K gold and enamel, vinaigrette, with matching chain.
HKD 52,000 - 60,000
USD 6,500 - 7,500
C. Three-body, weaved outline, rectangular, fully decorated with champlevé painted enamel flowers simulating a cloisonné work, over a black enamelled ground, the hinged inner gold grill pierced and engraved with flowers.Dim. 30 x 23 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 22 |
Later original |
Notes
The VinaigrettesVery popular in Orient where they were part of the costume of the elegant ladies, designed as a ball, a small tureen or a booklet, the vinaigrettes small lockets with inner hinged grill, designed to place a small piece of cotton-wool, soaked with their salts (originally just some vinaiger). They were sometime worn suspended from a ring by a short gold chain, and could also be built-in a pendant watch, a walking stick or a fan.