Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 15 October 2018
Jewellery
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
About this Item
Birmingham & London, England
An Edward VII silver and tortoiseshell jewellery box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1908
rectangular, the hinged cover set with a tortoiseshell panel decorated with silver piqué work depicting garlands, a lyre, bows and flowerheads, the rim moulded with an egg-and-dart border, raised on four reeded acanthus-headed legs, fitted with a beige velvet interior, 9,6cm high, 15,5cm wide
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