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Best of the BEST! 17th to 19th c. French sterling silver, Georgian jewelry, sewing etc
$1,271 USD SaleSALE Rare Antique Palais Royal Sewing Box, 11" Harpsichord, Grand Piano
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Here is one of the most magnificent antique French 1st Empire sewing boxes we've had the pleasure to offer and this week we're lucky enough to offer TWO (sold separately). Each in the form of a piano, this one shaped more like a grand or harpsichord and the other actually closely resembles a clavichord. Both exquisite Palais Royal sewing boxes sans tools (or mostly so), both also fall into the category of miniature furniture which opens up the allure to several types of collectors....whether you ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Rare Antique French Palais Royal Sewing Etui, Casket, Sailboat Shape w/ Mirror Plinth
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Fabulous & rare antique French Napoleon III era Palais Royal gilded bronze ormolu & mother of pearl boat or sailboat shaped casket, likely an early sewing etui with highly unique foliate framed mirrrored base! Okay, so it's not a sailboat, more like a tall ship, complete with two masts, tiny wire riggings and two mother of pearl sails! Very unique, this is the first that we've EVER seen with a mirrored base! Normally they have a larger half shell or even the bronze wiring as the base, this one ...
$506 USD SaleSALE RARE Antique French Palais Royal Sewing Etui, Porcelain Plaque and Jewels: Pearl & Coral
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A most charming little ormolu casket mounted on a plinth of alabaster, and sporting on top a hand painted Sevres miniature plaque and jeweled further with a couple of nice sized natural baroque pearls and some bits of red coral, this most unique and opulent piece is further fitted out as a sewing etui. Interior still has the original silk velvet fitted platform with recess for a thimble (and antique one is within, though perhaps not the original) and room for embroidery scissors, as well. The ...
$2,036 USD SaleSALE Rarest Antique French Boulle Sterling Sewing Etui, Tortoise Shell ALL 5 Original Vermeil Implements - Tortoiseshell
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Absolutely exquisite and very rare antique 1830s French Boulle style faux shell & gilt ormolu sewing casket, a magnificent etui with fitted interior and COMPLETE with five original gilded sterling silver or vermeil implements!! One of our finest sewing etuis at the moment, my first guess would have been that this one dated between the late 1700s to 1820 or so but the silver hallmarks my bring it to the 1830s. TINY hallmarks and I can't quite make them out, even under high magnification, but they ...
$1,866 USD SaleSALE RARE Antique French Palais Royal MOP Sewing Set, 18k & Diamonds! - Original c. 1780-1810 lLeather etui, jeweled thimble!
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A jeweled and 18k gold trimmed mother of pearl thimble is just the beginning in this original and gorgeous antique Napoleon era sewing set from the boutiques of the old Palais Royal. The thimble alone is a treasure, even with the hairline that traverses it), but just look at what else this one houses: that needle case and bodkin are diamond set - true! I tested the gem and it's diamond in each of those settings. A jeweled sewing set that must have been someone's gift to a 'favorite' in the ...
$591 USD SaleSALE Antique French Boulle Sewing Box, Etui, Fitted Casket
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All the fittings remain inside, but the tools that would have been housed within this fine 19th century French boulle casket have been lost to the ages. But the box remains a treasure and might well prove to be a fine project as you add your own sewing favorites and collected pieces to the well preserved interior. Lift-out tray is usually gone from these old boxes, leaving little hope of refitting them with the sewing items, implements they were made for. The box is, itself, a treasure - well ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Shagreen Etui with 2 Medical Lancets
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Dating c. 1780-1830, this beautifully preserved pair of surgical lancets remain housed in their original small traveler's etui, covered in shagreen (skin of the stingray). The lancets were used for bleeding a patient, which was a popular method of removing 'vapours' within the blood, and considered the best treatment for any number of ailments. Think how medicine has changed in 200 years! Very good condition. The outer covering of the etui has a bit of age showing, but considering age and type, ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Thimble in Shell Etui
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A lovely old sterling silver thimble in fine form, and housed in a superb thimble case. Most of the value here is, of course, in the beautiful old etui or case for the thimble, and it is splendidly preserved, without so much as a bug bite or hairline or anything to mar that beautiful exterior of cognac and chocolate coloration. Dating to 1840-60, the Victorian etui made like this one often carried interior dividers and was used as a needle case, but this one has had another type of fitted ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique French Sterling Silver Vermeil Sewing Set, Etui
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What a fabulous old set this one is! The interior is completely fitted and full apart from the missing bodkin (needle for threading ribbon), and includes a mechanical pencil and small knife. The scissors are sharp, working well. The thimble, which might be a replacement though I am not certain of it, has no mark, while the other pieces are each marked with a very tiny French poincon, or punch mark that is barely discernable as the French Boar's head, or the control mark for .800/1000 purity ...
$1,356 USD SaleSALE Antique 1820s French Ebony & Pearl Sewing Box, Sarcophagus
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The most exceptional example we've had in ages, this 1820-40s ebony sewing chest, inlaid with engraved mother of pearl, is exquisite on the outside, as you can see, and even has the original key AND fitted tray & pattern folio inside! Just like one you'd see in Clarke & O'Kelly's fabulous book: "Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, & Society", referenced at $6000 - $8000 price range (a book you'll want to own, by the way - and a superb reference for box lovers/collectors). In more rare ebony, or ebonized ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Antique Napoleon III Carved Sewing Etui, Original Vermeil Tools!
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Antique Napoleon III era French sewing etui, heavy solid carved with gilded silver or vermeil implements! What a wonderful old set this one is! The interior is completely fitted, actually hollowed into the solid ivory panels. Two empty spaces where it is missing a mechanical pencil and what appears to have been a small ruler or knife. The three remaining pieces are original, in French hallmarked silver with matching engraved or machined patterns and as elegant as can be. Each marked with a very ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Antique Victorian Turned Carved MOP Tambor or Crochet Hook, Self Etui
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Hard to find antique Victorian era carved mother of pearl tambor, but this one is without its crochet hooks, a working system otherwise and beautiful throughout. All you need do is share your little hooks from another one in your collection. We have another one listed which has 6 hooks with it, so buy that one and this one and share (sold separately). Very good to excellent, though a little dirty, sorry. This one is beautifully preserved and suffers no chips or cracks or losses, though it needs ...
$166 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Era Wood & Steel Spool Clamp - Large, for crochet or tatting, #2
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#2, Georgian sewing thread clamp spool. Look at the way these are made, and at the wonderful patina of the steel and the wood. These are clamp spools onto which crochet or tatting skeins would have been wound, then the clamps set on a table beside the busy hands working the threads/yarns into lace. A wonderful item to find even as a single, but we have here the matching mate offered separately in case you want 2. Very good condition, we see one small rim chip, no cracks, not anything otherwise ...
$166 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Era Wood & Steel Spool Clamp - Large, for crochet or tatting, #1
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#1, Georgian sewing thread clamp spool. Look at the way these are made, and at the wonderful patina of the steel and the wood. These are clamp spools onto which crochet or tatting skeins would have been wound, then the clamps set on a table beside the busy hands working the threads/yarns into lace. A wonderful item to find even as a single, but we have here the matching mate offered separately in case you want 2. Very good condition, we see no chips, cracks, not anything but the rich patina of ...
$2,376 USD SaleSALE Antique 1798 French Empire 18k Gold Sewing Etui, Tools - Napoleonic, complete, RARE!
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August 8th, gold value is $1719 per oz. August 9th, gold value is $1801.00 per oz. So rare to find, and with marks dating this one squarely to the Napoleon era, French control mark is the rooster, or cock mark for 1798-1809, Paris. We've shown the diamond-shaped touch mark that identifies the goldsmith, also, but we have not yet researched that mark in order to know exactly which of the note Paris goldsmiths actually created this set. If we locate the name, we'll add to our description. If your ...
$1,696 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian - Victorian Tortoise Shell Sewing Etui, Box w/ Silver Repousse Tools
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We surely must have one of the very best collections of antique sewing sets in the world, or have had if you count in all those that have already sold. I'm so pleased to add this one, surely English in origin. The outer case is truly a magnificent display of finest cognac to chocolate-colored natural shell, separated with silver stringing that's typical of the larger boxes and of English ones in particular. This one is just stunning sitting in display (I know because it's on one of my end tables ...
$1,526 USD SaleSALE Antique 18K Gold Sewing Tools, French Faux Tortoise Shell Necessaire, Tortoiseshell Etui
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NOTE: April 19, 2011 gold value is up to $1500.00 per oz. Larger than usual, this elegantly polished and pique-inlaid antique faux shell etui houses a lovely set of 18K gold French sewing implements to include a mechanical pencil. True, it is not a perfect set. The thimble you see is a replacement and is 14K and a wedding thimble - valuable in its own right, of course (these sell around $200). The stiletto is no longer with the set nor is the lace bodkin (ribbon threading needle). The remaining ...
$124 USD SaleSALE Antique French Grand Tour Souvenir Sewing Pin Cushion - Notre Dame of Paris, Eglomise View
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I love Paris! Don't we all! And the fascination with Paris and France in general is centuries old. Culturally exquisite, architecturally devine - one of the world's greatest cities by all standards. And the awe of the early tourists matched our own, I'm sure. The 19th century's industrialization opened borders and made travel more viable for at least the wealthy, spawning the famed Grand Tour era. The first tourists were met with a growing industry of souvenirs at each stop, and one of the most ...
$1,186 USD SaleSALE Antique French Sewing Etui, Carved Case with 2 Scissors, Pencil, Knife, Needle Case, Tambour
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Missing only the thimble and the bodkin, which would be quite simple items to replace, this is a most amazing 19th century French sewing kit. The case is just gorgeous, very heavy in the hand as is the case with these. Entirely carved out to perfectly fit the items within. One wonders to whom it might have belonged when it was new. The items all bear French marks, and are .800/1000 pure silver, which is stronger and used in smaller items like this where .950/1000 silver would be too soft and ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique French Faux Tortoise Shell Perfume Etui, Mechanical - scent caddy in 'tortoiseshell'
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Ah, the whimsical little souvenir caskets of the earliest 1800s, shaped like eggs, or fruit, or even made into little carriages pulled by miniature horses, dogs, goats - these fabulous old treasures hail from the boutiques that once lined the promenade of the old Richelieu Palace, which was from 1700 onward a haven and gathering place for Royals, Coutiers, the elite of Europe, and which is known simply as the Palais Royal. The objects offered there in the boutiques caught the eye of theatregoers ...
$506 USD SaleSALE Antique French Palais Royal Pearl & Bronze Sewing Etui, a Miniature Dressing or Vanity Table
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Wonderful antique French Napoleon III era Palais Royal style gilt bronze ormolu and mother of pearl sewing etui, a whimsical piece in the shape of a miniature vanity or dressing table with glass front vitrine and pearl trinket dish! Meant to hold a set of miniature sewing implements (though it will hold a standard sized thimble). The tools are missing now but what a lovely little sewing related piece! A great display, alongside other Palais Royal pearl pieces or sewing items. Don't miss it! Good ...
$1,101 USD SaleSALE Antique Victorian Era Mappin & Webb Tortoise Shell Cased Sewing Set, Box, Etui - Tortoiseshell
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A beautiful and high-sheen English tortoise shell cased sewing set, c. 18870-1900m late Victorian to earliest Edwardian era, from Mappin & Webb, a very highly respected name in London's market. The equivalent of Tiffany in the USA, Mappin & Webb were also purveyors of the finest luxury goods. The set you see here certainly fits that description, and is complete with the original sewing tools and even the original packets of needles tucked just as they were back then, in fittings in the interior ...
$1,951 USD SaleSALE Antique French Embroidery Etui, 18K Gold Sewing Tools, Scissors, Thimble, etc., all implements
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NOTE: July 15th, gold has broken the $1580 per ounce mark. August 9th, gold value is $1801.00 per oz. Rare to find these fine old etui & 18K gold French sewing sets still fully intact, still fully functioning and without damage, but here is one. The implements are all original to this elegant Napoleon III etui or case, casket, and they are all in 18K gold, as well. Even the bodkin or lace needle is 18K gold. All implements carry the French control guarantee mark (eagle's head) and have been ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Antique Medical Lancets in Sterling Silver Etui, Georgian, London, 1830, Tortoise Shell - Tortoiseshell
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I've acquired 2 wonderful Georgian to very early Victorian era lancet sets, complete with the original small pocket case 'etui', and will be listing both today. This one is superb, and is nearly unscathed by time or use. The 3 steel 'bleeding' blades remain very sharp, the hinged 'fold-back' handles/covers are also in fine condition as is the etui, itself. A superb find for anyone interested in science, medical history or implements, or veterinarian science. This set may well have been carried ...
$1,866 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian English Sewing Etui, Superb Tortoise Shell Case with Sterling Silver and MOP Sewing Tools
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We surely must have the very best collection of antique sewing sets in the world, or have had if you count in all those that have already sold. I'm so pleased to add this one, English in origin, and in as fine a condition as any we've ever had the pleasure to bring to you. The outer case is truly a magnificent display of finest cognac to chocolate-colored natural faux shell, separated with silver stringing that's typical of the larger boxes and of English ones in particular. This one is just ...
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A wonderful sewing coffret, casket or box, made in very ornate and very heavy cast bronze with great precision to the detailing of the surface. I once had a box so similar, I'm sure it must have been the same manufacturor and that one had a reference to German maker. This one does not other than the Henckels knive blade, but we do think this set is a Germany original. All but the interior lid lining remains original, down to the perfectly fitted sewing implements. The knife has faux shell ...
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Filled with the old original sewing implements or tools, this wonderful mid-1800s French Palais Royal cut is also a little genius of engineering. Like so many of the old French travel cases, every space holds something perfectly fitted to it, and ultimately closes to as small a space as seems humanly possible. Remarkably complete, down to crochet and tambour, tatting shuttle, bodkin, stiletto, thimble, needles and 4 lovely old silk winders, you need only find a small pair of embroidery or ...
$1,101 USD SaleSALE D'Amitie, Antique French Sewing Tools Necessaire, MOP - Mother of Pearl inlaid Gold, c. 1770-1820
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Still retaining the original sewing and traveler's tools within, this Napoleonic era French 'necessaire' or traveler's necessary items kit must hold even more - imagine what stories it could tell us if the conversations to which it's been privy could be extracted from its molecules. Ah, so interesting, after all these were purchased from the boutiques of the Palais Royal in Napoleon's time and shortly beyond, and by the nature of the purveyors' shops, location and the clientele served there, we ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Sewing Etui, French Shell Pique, EC
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One of the best little French necessaire sewing etui in elegant chocolate and cognac shell - a well-formed case that still holds the sewing implements and small mirror original to it (all implements are steel and are not sterling silver). Note that it is still in really fine condition for age and type. A beauty you'd be pleased to own or to give as a gift. Beautifully preserved, I see no nips, bites, cracks or damage to the 2 panels of shell - they're both just stunning. Very good condition, the ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Exceptionally Fine Antique French Silver Vermeil Sewing Set in Leather Box, Case, Etui c. 1850-80
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The sewing box you see here is a superb old one in gold-embossed leather case. The lift-out tray is fitted for the sewing items to include scissors, thimble, needle case, bodkin, crochet hook and stiletto, and one of the original 2 silk winders, as well. The missing parts are 1 silk winder and 2 smaller spools. You'll find the French boar's head mark on eack piece, a guarantee of it being .800/1000 pure French silver. A generous layering of 18k gold on each silver piece (vermeil) makes the ...
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