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pair of black and gold chopsticks with a gold - plated handle
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165 - *A member’s badge of the Institute of Egypt, with a finely c…
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Estimate €2,000 - €2,500
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Description
*A member’s badge of the Institute of Egypt, with a finely chased and hallmarked vermeil clasp, the clasp engraved with a palmette and spider’s webs, pommel with a foliage motif at the top of the branch (Boutet style), shaft two mother-of-pearl inlays, the front one decorated with an Egyptian motif; engraved blade, blued and gilded to one-third, signed: ‘I S & C’; leather scabbard, fine vermeil cap, hallmarked and entirely engraved with foliage, chiselled button featuring a Gorgon’s head, gilded brass pommel; length 97.5 cm. (A chip in the mother-of-pearl plaque on the front; the leather is a later addition). Early Empire period. Good condition. HALLMARKS: Association of Goldsmiths; goldsmith: ‘L D’, Louis Joseph DEVAUX, inscribed Paris 1806; cap, lictor’s fasces, 1809/1819.
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About the sale Antique weapons, historical memorabilia and decorations
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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