Swiss. An exceptionally fine and rare 18K varicolour gold musical sealing-wax case
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1770/1780
Swiss. An exceptionally fine and rare 18K varicolour gold musical sealing-wax case Unsigned, circa 1770/1780 Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of oval form, front and rear sides finely chased and engraved with geometrical design and garlands, three panels on each side decorated with raised varicoloured gold trophies of music and love on frosted ground, slightly domed cover top centred with a varicoloured gold bouquet of flowers on frosted ground, blank matrix, a hinged cover to the pierced lower section opening to reveal the musical movement, gilt-finished musical pin barrel, playing on a nest of five bells via five polished steel hammers, activated by sliding a lever in the case, unsigned 173 mm. long
Swiss. An exceptionally fine and rare 18K varicolour gold musical sealing-wax case
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1770/1780
Swiss. An exceptionally fine and rare 18K varicolour gold musical sealing-wax case Unsigned, circa 1770/1780 Slightly tapering étui-à-cire of oval form, front and rear sides finely chased and engraved with geometrical design and garlands, three panels on each side decorated with raised varicoloured gold trophies of music and love on frosted ground, slightly domed cover top centred with a varicoloured gold bouquet of flowers on frosted ground, blank matrix, a hinged cover to the pierced lower section opening to reveal the musical movement, gilt-finished musical pin barrel, playing on a nest of five bells via five polished steel hammers, activated by sliding a lever in the case, unsigned 173 mm. long
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