#6

Beautiful Silk French Necessaire with Bone and Gilt Sewing Tools
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$300
sold
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Description
4" (10 cm.) The firm-sided purse-shaped necessaire folds flat and closes with impressed brass clasp,has bail handle formed of the same silk twill,and is decorated with brown silk fringe. The necessaire opens to a blue silk-lined interior that contains needles,an embossed gilt scissors,and two additional sewing tools with bone handles. The necessaire is preserved in its original white box. Circa 1860