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BALON PALAIS ROYAL N°161 À PARIS Rectangular-shaped country chest, the box is made of mahogany and gilded brass with a hinge and two side handles and a three-point lock. Inlaid shield with motto "Gratus Honore Labor" with the coat of arms of the de Bordes family It contains silver, crystal, porcelain, ebony and mother-of-pearl toiletries It is divided into the following items: - Toilet: 1 basin, 1 sponge box, 1 curling iron, 1 pair of tweezers, 2 descaling instruments, 1 toothbrush, 1 mother-of-pearl ear pick, 8 perfume bottles, 2 ebony brushes. - Table : 3 covered goblets (punches 2nd title), 2 covered silver pourers with unscrewable handles, 1 silver stove, 1 cup litron and soustasse type Paris, details necessary closed 2 cutlery with the XVIIIe arms to the general farmers, 2 small silver spoons with the punches arms to the old man, 1 knife out of iron and ebony, 2 canifs out of iron and mother-of-pearl, 1 corkscrew. - Shaving : 1 Badger, 4 ivory razors, 1 sharpener, 2 mother-of-pearl cabbage cutters (one damaged). - Writing : 2 inkwells, 1 pen box, 1 stamp with the monogram AD under a county crown, a green morocco document holder. - Wardrobe : Two needle boxes, 1 pair of scissors, 1 hook, 1 lace-puller, a pair of boot-pullers with hook, 1 small punch. Old man punch First title Greek woman head punch Master goldsmith punch P.T. Taratte (Insculpation in 1815).
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BALON PALAIS ROYAL N°161 À PARIS Rectangular-shaped country chest, the box is made of mahogany and gilded brass with a hinge and two side handles and a three-point lock. Inlaid shield with motto "Gratus Honore Labor" with the coat of arms of the de Bordes family It contains silver, crystal, porcelain, ebony and mother-of-pearl toiletries It is divided into the following items: - Toilet: 1 basin, 1 sponge box, 1 curling iron, 1 pair of tweezers, 2 descaling instruments, 1 toothbrush, 1 mother-of-pearl ear pick, 8 perfume bottles, 2 ebony brushes. - Table : 3 covered goblets (punches 2nd title), 2 covered silver pourers with unscrewable handles, 1 silver stove, 1 cup litron and soustasse type Paris, details necessary closed 2 cutlery with the XVIIIe arms to the general farmers, 2 small silver spoons with the punches arms to the old man, 1 knife out of iron and ebony, 2 canifs out of iron and mother-of-pearl, 1 corkscrew. - Shaving : 1 Badger, 4 ivory razors, 1 sharpener, 2 mother-of-pearl cabbage cutters (one damaged). - Writing : 2 inkwells, 1 pen box, 1 stamp with the monogram AD under a county crown, a green morocco document holder. - Wardrobe : Two needle boxes, 1 pair of scissors, 1 hook, 1 lace-puller, a pair of boot-pullers with hook, 1 small punch. Old man punch First title Greek woman head punch Master goldsmith punch P.T. Taratte (Insculpation in 1815).
