Attention: This object contains material from endangered species.
This article contains an element of pre-1947 ivory or other organic material which may be subject to EU export restrictions. It will be sold with a certified antiques declaration stating that the material is worked before 1947.
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Description
Tortoiseshell box with 8-piece 18crt and 14crt gold sewing tools, thimble engraved Dorcas 5 Feb 1860
Tortoiseshell and Gold 8-piece sewing necessaire, Dutch ca. 1860
- Title
- Dutch Sewing Necessaire ca.1860
- Price
- Sold
- Maker
- Unknown
- Country
- The Netherlands; England (thimble)
- City
- Dutch
- Dimensions
- 9.2 cm L x 15.4 cm W x 4.6 cm H
- Year
- Unknown
- Period
- ca. 1860
- Material
- Tortoiseshell, Ivory, gold & steel.
- Alloy
- Gold 14Crt, Gold 18Crt
- Stock code
- 22992