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Musical Sewing Necessaire, with fitted pink silk, velvet and metal-thread interior containing gilt-metal needle-holder, scissors, awl, thimble, and pair of star-spangled scent bottles, two-air cylinder movement, and mirrored lid simulating a proscenium with curtains, in brass-banded ebony veneered case with lid escutcheon engraved SF , wd. 9 3/4 in., (missing stiletto). See color plate p.


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2007-10-28

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