JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - 10:00 AM start
A 19thC tortoiseshell miniature music box
Realised: $1,600 plus premium
Lot Details
the hinged lid set with a panel finely painted in oils on ivory leaf depicting a Bedouin and stallion standing before a pyramid and distant view of Cairo, the turbaned figure armed with scimitar, musket and pair of holstered pistols. The clockwork mechanism marked Aubert & Fils to the 67 note comb playing on a 60mm cylinder. 100 x 65 x 38mm
