BOUCHERON: A GOLD AND SAPPHIRE COMPACT, WITH MATCHING LIPSTI...

Hammer

€10,000

BOUCHERON: A GOLD AND SAPPHIRE COMPACT, WITH MATCHING LIPSTICK HOLDER, CIRCA 1935-40 The rectangular powder compact, the exterior with reeded detailing with polished sides, the thumbpiece embellished with circular-cut sapphires between circular scrolls, opening to reveal a powder compartment and a mirror, in 18K gold, signed Boucheron Paris, patent mark BTE SGDG, French assay mark, numbered 864, length 9.4cm (excluding the thumpiece), width 8cm, depth 9.5mm; Together with a lipstick case of similar design, signed Boucheron Paris, numbered 15183, with maker's mark 'SAM' for Strauss, Allard & Meyer, French assay mark, length 5.1cm, with fitted pouch for both, total gross weight approx. 270.4g Strauss, Allard & Meyer was a Parisian workshop between 1919-1941, located 11 place des Vosges. One of the most prominent box makers in Paris between the two wars. They worked for Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier amongst many other prestigious jewellery houses.