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Lot 146

A very rare French opaline gorge de pigeon perfume case, circa 1820-30

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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A very rare French opaline gorge de pigeon perfume case, circa 1820-30

Of cylindrical form cut with spiralling leaves on a faceted foot and base, the hinged ormolu mount delicately cast with bands of flowers, 16.3cm high (a few minute chips to foot)

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Provenance:
Sold by J Martin and O Desbenoit, 17 March 1991, lot 163
The Léon Darnis Collection

Only two other cases of this form are recorded, an identical example in the Musée de Arts Décoratifs, Paris and plain example in a private collection.

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