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A French boulle casket, 19th century
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A French boulle casket, 19th century
of rectangular form with canted angles and on bun feet, with an ovolo and dart gilt bronze border, the hinged cover and twin doors with brass inlaid scrolling foliate panels, the lock engraved Tahan, Paris, the underside with a wax seal impressed with a crowned C and H conjoined -- 13in. (33cm) wide
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of rectangular form with canted angles and on bun feet, with an ovolo and dart gilt bronze border, the hinged cover and twin doors with brass inlaid scrolling foliate panels, the lock engraved Tahan, Paris, the underside with a wax seal impressed with a crowned C and H conjoined -- 13in. (33cm) wide
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