Fine Palais Royale Musical Clamshell Sewing Necessaire

Description:

Fine Palais Royale Musical Clamshell Sewing Necessaire, with fitted velvet tray containing mother-of-pearl, gold and steel implements, including snowflake thread-winders, needle case and bodkin, in ebony veneered shell-form case with fluted mother-of-pearl lid with engraved vineleaf borders and cut-steel decoration forming the word Souvenir, the mirrored interior with original aqua silk lining and two-air sectional comb cylinder movement, No. 5857, with teeth in groups of four, wd. 8 in., (missing scent bottle, old crack on lid).


Estimate $2,000-3,000

Keywords