TWO SMALL GOLD BOXES WITH JEWELLED CIPHERS, PARIS, CIRCA 1825 AND CIRCA 1870
TWO SMALL GOLD BOXES WITH JEWELLED CIPHERS, PARIS, CIRCA 1825 AND CIRCA 1870
the first of canted rectangular form, engine-turned within chased scroll borders, the lid later applied with a initial L set with diamonds and rubies below a royal crown, perhaps intended for Louis XVIII, the interior with initials: MR, maker's mark of C.C. Petschler, unofficial bear's head and official 3e titre, Paris, 1819-1838; and a circular tinder box / lighter of circular form, the lid applied with a rose diamond cipher below an Ottoman crown, maker's mark of Gustave Camproger overstriking post-1838 3e titre, the interior of the lid engraved: Laurent Palais Royal 54
6cm., 2¼in.; 4.5cm., 1¾in.
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TWO SMALL GOLD BOXES WITH JEWELLED CIPHERS, PARIS, CIRCA 1825 AND CIRCA 1870
the first of canted rectangular form, engine-turned within chased scroll borders, the lid later applied with a initial L set with diamonds and rubies below a royal crown, perhaps intended for Louis XVIII, the interior with initials: MR, maker's mark of C.C. Petschler, unofficial bear's head and official 3e titre, Paris, 1819-1838; and a circular tinder box / lighter of circular form, the lid applied with a rose diamond cipher below an Ottoman crown, maker's mark of Gustave Camproger overstriking post-1838 3e titre, the interior of the lid engraved: Laurent Palais Royal 54
6cm., 2¼in.; 4.5cm., 1¾in.
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