Estimate: $400 - $600
Price Realized: $594 Includes buyer's premium
lot includes: Valenti Italy steel and gilt-bronze box, the interior marked 'valenti & C - Italy'; a guilloché enamel desk clock, engraved to reverse: 'G.W 11460'; a small crystal box with guilloché enamel lid with illegible hallmarks, likely French, and a matching guilloché enamel mount with hallmark; a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver pill box with hallmarks; a silver-plated cigarette box with wood liner, with hallmarks to underside; a gilt metal mounted agate pill box (with crack); a carved wood crane or ho ho bird plaque; 2 Richard Comyns silver mounted clothes brushes, with hallmarks; a cruet stand with glass inserts, with hallmarks; 2 open salts, with hallmarks; 2 salt spoons; a metal relief medallion, in the style of the antiquities, possibly depicting head of Medusa, with label to reverse, inscribed 'Roman 2AD' and further inscribed to metal 'S-65-23'; 3 keys of different styles; a metal box with figural motif; a gold-tone metal belt buckle with 'H' motif, marked 'MADE IN ITALY'; 2 repoussé medallions; French bronze Nicholas II & Alexandra commemorative medal 1896; French bronze medallion of King Louis XIV; group of gilt metal escutcheons and napkin ring; a two-light sconce with carved wood mount with shell motif; a Wedgwood style black basalt jar with lid
Valenti box: 2 1/2 x 5 x 5 inches
From a Private Collection
in as found condition
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Condition reports are based on visual inspection by the Capsule team under typical office lighting. Unless otherwise noted, items are not examined under UV light in advance of sale. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. Remember, all lots are previously owned and all sales are final. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot.
Art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated. Frames, lampshades, or items described as “supplementary” are not considered integral to the value of the lot and are excluded from condition assessments. This includes any mat, mounting, glazing, hanging apparatus, case, box, or stand. Timepiece movements, lighting elements and items with mechanical or electrical components have not been thoroughly tested and are not covered under warranty by Capsule.
