Details
The turritella shell applied at the hinged cover with rococo border of scrolls and flowers, the cover rim with white enamelled band reading 'NUL PLAISIR SANS VOUS VOIR', the cover lined inside with gold; the cancellaria shell with hinged cover lined with gold partly chased to simulate the shell texture, marked inside the cover
The turritella: 4 in. (10 cm.) long; the cancellaria: 312 in. (9 cm.)
Provenance
The turritella: S. J. Phillips, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair;
The cancerallia: Christie's, South Kensington, 23 January 1990, lot 59
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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