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Lot 5293

Three Antique Boxes, Burl and Shagreen

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include a calling card case in burlwood veneers, fitted interior, early 20th century (4 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 in.); the second a cigarette case, possibly Russian Masur or Karelian birch, circa 1920s (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1/2 in.); the third a eyeglass case with shagreen veneers over wood, copper border mounts, likely Chinese, with red papered interior (7 1/2 in.).

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Some minor surface wear to shagreen case, papered interior with losses; overall good condition.