FIVE OBJECTS OF VERTU, VARIOUS ORIGINS AND DATES | Five objects of vertu, various origins and dates

a rectangular gold-mounted tortoiseshell box, the lid with a glazed panel chased with children at play, unmarked, early 19th century; a circular blond tortoiseshell bonbonnière with gold ropetwist mounts, French, circa 1780; a circular gold-mounted magnifying glass with circular tortoiseshell case inlaid in multi-coloured gold piqué point with an exotic bird, mid 18th century; and a small rectangular notebook with shagreen covers applied with gold flowers and mounts, circa 1770; a gold-mounted shell snuff box, Claude-René Delabruyère, Paris, circa 1805, the lid and base of olive porphyria, the gold mounts with diaper engine turning and scrolling foliage to either side, maker's mark, Paris 3e titre et petite garantie

The magnifying glass was formerly in the collection of the art historian Sir Karl Parker C.B.E., his sale, Sotheby's, 3 July 1967, lot 14.

The first with a few humidity spots below the glass, one fine crack of ca. 1.5 cm length to the tortoiseshell at the top left corner, four chips to tortoiseshell on the sides, gap between the gold mount and the tortoiseshell along the back and sides of the lid, possibly due to missing gold mount, the second with some scuffing and chips to the side and light surface wear throughout; the magnifying glass in good condition; the shagreen panel of the notebook detachable from mount, otherwise in good order; the shell snuff box in good condition, the upper mount on the lid slightly lifting
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