Auction Closed
October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
An agate🍨 magnifying glass with gold and silver-gilt mounts, 19th century in earlier style
the circular lens mounted in gold chased with scrolling foliage on a matted ground, the tapering grey agate handle overlaid in gold openwork chased with a rabbit, a squirrel and a stag and a hunter blowing his hunting horn within scrolls, the collar with rope twist borders, apparently unmarked
weight: 91.4 g
length 6 1⁄16 in.; 15,5cm.
agate, silver-gilt, gold
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Loupe en agate montée en or et vermeil, XIXe sièc🦋le dans unꦆ goût plus ancien
la loupe ronde montée en or ciselé de feuillages sur fond amati, la poignée en agate grise à décor en or ajouré ciselé de lapin, écureuil, cerf et chasseur soufflant dans son cor de chasse, à l'intérieur de rinceaux, apparemment non poinçonnée
weight: 91.4 g
length 6 1⁄16 in.; 15,5cm.
agate, silver-gilt, gold
Christie's London, 30 May 2012, lot 52.
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Christie's Londres, 30 mai 2012, lot 52.