拍品专文
This toilet service belonged to Mrs. Jessie Woolworth Donahue, third daughter of Frank Winfield Woolworth, founder of the F.W. Woolworth company.
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MARKS OF CARTIER, TIFFANY & CO., J.E. CALDWELL & CO. AND LOUIS VUITTON, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
细节
A GOLD ASSEMBLED LADY'S TOILET SERVICE
MARKS OF CARTIER, TIFFANY & CO., J.E. CALDWELL & CO. AND LOUIS VUITTON, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
18K and 14K, comprising a hand mirror, two clothes brushes, hair brush, tortoise shell comb, ring tray, shoe horn, button hook, a nail file, three paper knives, bottle opener, medicine spoon, two pairs of scissors, a safety razor, six solid gold bottles of various sizes and seven glass bottles with gold caps, together with a fitted alligator case, most items with the initials JWD for Jessie Woolworth Donahue, ten items marked Cartier, sixteen items marked Tiffany & Co., a paper knife marked Gorham, a clothes brush marked J.E. Caldwell & Co and two items unmarked, the case marked Louis Vuitton
The case 18½ in. (47 cm.) long, the hand mirror 10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) long; 42 oz. 10 dwt. (1,324 gr.) weighable gold (30)
MARKS OF CARTIER, TIFFANY & CO., J.E. CALDWELL & CO. AND LOUIS VUITTON, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
18K and 14K, comprising a hand mirror, two clothes brushes, hair brush, tortoise shell comb, ring tray, shoe horn, button hook, a nail file, three paper knives, bottle opener, medicine spoon, two pairs of scissors, a safety razor, six solid gold bottles of various sizes and seven glass bottles with gold caps, together with a fitted alligator case, most items with the initials JWD for Jessie Woolworth Donahue, ten items marked Cartier, sixteen items marked Tiffany & Co., a paper knife marked Gorham, a clothes brush marked J.E. Caldwell & Co and two items unmarked, the case marked Louis Vuitton
The case 18½ in. (47 cm.) long, the hand mirror 10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) long; 42 oz. 10 dwt. (1,324 gr.) weighable gold (30)
来源
Mrs. Jessie Woolworth Donahue
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 28-29 April 1972, lot 229A
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 28-29 April 1972, lot 229A
注意事项
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.