Lot 491:
Sold for £55 hammer
Estimate £40-£60
An 18th Century rectangular ivory toothpick box with gold strung detail, a tortoiseshell thimble box and a circular ivory box and cover decorated with figure in a landscape, diameter 3.5cm, S/D. (3) Subject to CITES regulations and due to ivory and tortoiseshell content, this lot will require a re-export permit if shipped outside the mainland UK.
Condition report
Three flower details missing to toothpick box, no internal mirror, ivory band to thimble box partly missing, several fine cracks to ivory box.
Subject to CITES regulations and due to ivory and tortoiseshell content, this lot will require a re-export permit if shipped outside the mainland UK.
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