$90
VICTORIAN CELLULOID AND SILK DRESSER BOX AND SHOE HOOKS, C19TH C, 8 PCS. , H 5", W 10", D 8":box has a contoured rectangular shape with a celluloid exterior with a floral motif; violet cloth trim at the edges with brass nail beading on a hinged lid with a portrait of a woman dressed in an ethnic eastern European costume; brass latch; the interior of the lid and box has purple velvet trim at the edges with a diamond shape beveled glass mirror inside of lid with pink silk interior to lid and box. Includes numerous shoe and corset hooks, fingernail file having celluloid handle; handles of hooks appear to be of bone;
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2010-09-17