Lot 232:
Sold for: £16
Description
A collection of assorted curiosities and decorative items featuring a wooden cigar box with geometric marquetry inlay and an internal stepped cigar rack. The lot includes six circular wall plaques or large pendants, each with a gold-toned frame housing a white-on-black cameo-style relief depicting floral sprays, classical figures, and a female profile. A rectangular cast metal belt buckle is present, featuring embossed text reading LEVI STRAUSS & CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ORIGINAL RIVETED QUALITY CLOTHING. XX and a patent date of MAY 20 1873. The assortment further comprises two metal hip flasks, one of which carries a large embossed label for JACK DANIEL’S OLD NO. 7 BRAND Tennessee SOUR MASH WHISKEY. Additional items include a blue enamel powder compact decorated with gold-toned floral motifs, a vintage cardboard box for CASTELLA Panatellas cigars, a matchbook for the HOTEL JORDAN INTER-CONTINENTAL AMMAN JORDAN with Arabic script, and a small red enamel badge mounted on a leather fob.
Condition report:
The wooden inlaid box shows some surface wear and minor losses to the edges of the inlay (photo 4). The metal hip flasks exhibit visible surface scratching and tarnishing (photo 1). The Levi\'s belt buckle has a darkened patina consistent with age (photo 2). The Castella cigar box displays significant wear and fraying to the cardboard edges (photo 2). The cameo plaques and enamel compact appear to have no visible faults in the provided images.
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