Five Small Continental Decorative Items

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Five Small Continental Decorative Items, comprising four boxes: two French copper enamel, one painted to lid with puce landscape scene, wd. 4 1/8, the other pear-shaped, ht. 3; and two late 19th/early 20th century tortoiseshell, one oval, wd. 2 1/2, the other rectangular, ht. 3 1/4 in.; and a pair of French basse taille enamel opera glasses, lavender ground with red "jewelling," with Tissot optics; sold together with a modern English enamel pillbox, (6 items total).
Estimate $200-300

opera glasses with significant loss to enameling at handle. light age typical surface wear to shell boxes. white enamel box with metal rim loose and lifting from base; lid with hairline at l.l. approx. 1".

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