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CHARLES NEVES AND HENRI DUBOIS Articulated comb in 18K (750/1000) yellow gold with 7 tortoiseshell prongs, centered with three oval agate cameos: two with right and left profile busts of men, one with calamistrated hair, the second wearing a Phrygian cap whose flaps descend to the neck, surrounding the third with a woman driving a bige /char holding the queens in the left hand. Comb made in the 19th century. Master stamp of the silversmiths Nève and Dubois and eagle head stamp. Dimensions: 12 x 8.5 cm Dimensions of central cameo: 2.8 x 3.8 cm Dimensions of two other cameos: 2.6 x 1.8 cm Gross weight: 48.7g The design of the right cameo, "Buste de jeune homme coiffé du bonnet phrygien" (bust of a young man wearing a Phrygian cap), can be compared with a cameo kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), the "Victoire" cameo (inventory number: cameo.565). The cameo motif on the left can be compared with a cameo held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), the "Buste de jeune homme coiffé du bonnet phrygien" cameo (Inventory number: cameo.127).
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CHARLES NEVES AND HENRI DUBOIS Articulated comb in 18K (750/1000) yellow gold with 7 tortoiseshell prongs, centered with three oval agate cameos: two with right and left profile busts of men, one with calamistrated hair, the second wearing a Phrygian cap whose flaps descend to the neck, surrounding the third with a woman driving a bige /char holding the queens in the left hand. Comb made in the 19th century. Master stamp of the silversmiths Nève and Dubois and eagle head stamp. Dimensions: 12 x 8.5 cm Dimensions of central cameo: 2.8 x 3.8 cm Dimensions of two other cameos: 2.6 x 1.8 cm Gross weight: 48.7g The design of the right cameo, "Buste de jeune homme coiffé du bonnet phrygien" (bust of a young man wearing a Phrygian cap), can be compared with a cameo kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), the "Victoire" cameo (inventory number: cameo.565). The cameo motif on the left can be compared with a cameo held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), the "Buste de jeune homme coiffé du bonnet phrygien" cameo (Inventory number: cameo.127).
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