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Necessaire/pocket knife: gold and enamel museum necessaire, probably Paris circa 1777/1778
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Approx. 65mm long, 18K gold, multicolored and extremely elaborate enamelled, equipped with 3 different instruments, miniature scissors, pocket knives and toothpicks, instruments made of stainless steel, excellent, completely original condition, extremely rare and museum collector object. An almost identical enamel object, certainly from the same manufacturer, is located in an art museum in Paris (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/PmO), dated 1777/1778. A similar object was awarded € 8,700 at a French auction (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/7Br).
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Necessaire/pocket knife: gold and enamel museum necessaire, probably Paris circa 1777/1778

Gold and enamel museum necessaire circa 1777/1778, likely Paris, 18K gold, multicolored enamel, with mini scissors, pocket knife and toothpick, stainless steel instruments.

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1.200 €

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Price checked 11/10/2026, 17:45:50

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Lot Details

Lot #
4082
Currency
EUR
Location
Hamburg, DE
Lot Ends
24 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
Auction Ends
24 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
Auction Started
24 Oct 2026
Lots in Auction
387

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