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cigar case used for storing spectacles
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spectacles case
c.1900
ceramic; enamel; silver
overall: 25 x 148 x 55 mm

Ceramic case. Flip top. Silver mount. White with painted enamel decoration featuring, on the one side, a lady, her maid, a parasol and black servant/page. On the other side, a piper and a lady/flower girl with a basket.


1999.1772

BOA Purchase, 1937



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