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OBJECTS OF VIRTU

TOOVEY'S conduct quarterly sales of Objects of Virtu, encompassing a wealth of small luxury items, such as seals, etuis, snuffboxes and other personal accessories and curios displaying aesthetic merit and quality of workmanship.

Pictured right: pair of George III miniature glass scent bottles with gilt metal case, each bottle gilded and painted in the atelier of James Giles (1718-1780) and fitted with gilt metal collars and stoppers, height 4.4cm . Sold for £3600.
Objects of Virtu

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

3rd November 2010 - commencing pm
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HIGHLIGHTS

 
LOT: 912

AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZE FIGURES OF GOLLIES & PEG DOLLS.

Sold Price - £360
An early 20th Century Austrian cold painted bronze figure group of a golly and peg doll playing table tennis, together with three similar figures.
 
LOT: 873

STOBWASSER SNUFF BOX COVER.

Sold Price - £450
A 19th Century German papier-mâché circular snuff box cover by Stobwasser, painted with a view of 'Hafen von Brest', diameter approx 9cm.
 
LOT: 905

A LATE 19TH CENTURY VIENNESE SILVER AND ENAMEL NOVELTY TIMEPIECE IN THE FORM OF AN OPEN ARMCHAIR

Sold Price - £800
A late 19th Century Viennese silver and enamel novelty timepiece in the form of an open armchair, height approx 9.8cm.
 
LOT: 873

CONTINENTAL ENAMEL BOX OF LOBED OVAL OUTLINE.

Sold Price - £320
A Continental enamel box of lobed oval outline, mid-19th Century, the lid finely painted with a Continental port scene.