Five gold, turquoise or enamel needle cases, Paris and Geneva, early 19th century

Five gold, turquoise or enamel needle cases, Paris and Geneva, early 19th century

The first, inset diagonally with bands of turquoise half beads, probably Geneva, for the Ottoman market, early 19th, unmarked; the second varicoloured gold, tubular, pellets on reeding within corded borders, base initialled: ‘M G', Paris discharge of Henri Clavel 1782-89, other marks rubbed; the third formed as a stele with Pharaoh head, chased with Egyptian symbols, the base with compartment, maker's mark rubbed, later French control marks; the fourth a gold and pale blue enamel example, one side with initials C in a shield, Gabriel Raoul Morel, Paris 2e titre; the fifth a very small gold example with anthemion ornament, Antoine Beauvisage fils, Paris

weight: 70.2 g

length of largest 3¾ in.; 9,5 cm.

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Cinq étuis à aiguilles en or, turquoise et émail, Paris et Genève, début du XIXe siècle

le premier, prob. Genève pour le marché ottoman, début XIXe ; le deuxième, poinçon de décharge à Paris d'Henri Clavel ; le troisième, poinçon de contrôle français ; le quatrième, Gabriel Raoul Morel, Paris 2e titre ; le cinquième, Antoine Beauvisage fils, Paris

weight: 70.2 g

length of largest 3¾ in.; 9,5 cm.