Sold for:
$823
$823
Tortoiseshell Writing Necessaire, France/England, late 18th/early 19th century, with tortoiseshell dome-top case opening to mirrored lid, and interior fitted with two small lidded colorless glass inkwells, a retracting pencil, a small pen knife, three pen nibs, and a central glass wax seal etched with a small heraldic device, lg. 2 3/4, ht. 1 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-04-06