Maroquin and burgundy basane case with gilded small irons containing an amusing collection of tie and jabot pins dating from the 1850s to around 1920: -in 750/°°° gold: one set with an opal cabochon, another with a crescent motif, another set with a silver medal featuring Christopher Columbus and the Santa Maria, a brown glass intaglio pendant. Total gross weight: 14.64 g in silver 800/°°°: six others, one with an owl's head, a monkey holding a piece of mother-of-pearl, a porcupine, a passing lion, putti framing a Louis XV escutcheon, a foil. Total gross weight: 24.11g -in gold alloy: a pin with a bulldog's head and another with a micro-mosaic. Total gross weight: 4.51g -three other metal and gilded metal pins

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