Description
Dental surgery case called "tooth box", by Martin Guillaume Biennais In flamed mahogany, richly decorated on the top, in silver and ebony inlays, with a virgin shield crowned with foliage, held by two griffins and adorned with a palmette, bordered by a series of flowers, stars and small palmettes. Silver box plate engraved: "Biennais Md Orfèvre Tabletier Ebeniste au Singe Violet rue St Honoré n°511". Opened, it presents on the side: - Two small cut crystal bottles with gold screw caps (H. 30 mm) and a small eight-sided gold box (32 x 55 x H. 13 mm, gross weight of the whole: 45 g) As well as two mahogany trays, superimposed, each one containing seven different rugines and dental instruments. The 14 instruments have a gold handle (18 carats) worked on the sides and decorated in chiselling with a series of palmettes. Gross weight of the instruments: 215 g. Underneath, a chisel with chiselled branches, in polished steel. Dimensions: 33 x 114 x 174 mm. T.B.E. Consulate-First Empire period.
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Dental surgery case called "tooth box", by Martin Guillaume Biennais In flamed mahogany, richly decorated on the top, in silver and ebony inlays, with a virgin shield crowned with foliage, held by two griffins and adorned with a palmette, bordered by a series of flowers, stars and small palmettes. Silver box plate engraved: "Biennais Md Orfèvre Tabletier Ebeniste au Singe Violet rue St Honoré n°511". Opened, it presents on the side: - Two small cut crystal bottles with gold screw caps (H. 30 mm) and a small eight-sided gold box (32 x 55 x H. 13 mm, gross weight of the whole: 45 g) As well as two mahogany trays, superimposed, each one containing seven different rugines and dental instruments. The 14 instruments have a gold handle (18 carats) worked on the sides and decorated in chiselling with a series of palmettes. Gross weight of the instruments: 215 g. Underneath, a chisel with chiselled branches, in polished steel. Dimensions: 33 x 114 x 174 mm. T.B.E. Consulate-First Empire period.
