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CARTIER - YEAR 1906-1907 LAVENDER-BLUE ENAMEL PAPER-KNIFE Depicts a dagger in a lavender-blue lacquer sheath on a finely engine-turned background. The handle and case are highlighted with a blond tortoiseshell edge and a gray agate ridge. Mounted in finely engraved 18K yellow gold. The steel blade is engraved Cartier Paris Londres. Number engraved on the gold frame. French workmanship. Gross weight: 109.45 gr. Dimensions: 20.5 x 2.1 cm. Original case. Appraisal by Mr. Alain Cartier. Reference: Bachet Olivier and Cartier Alain, "Cartier - Objets exceptionnels", Editions Palais-Royal, 2019, volume 1, page 125, this letter opener is reproduced. For a desk set with the same model of letter opener in the collection of the singer Nellie Melba, a great voice and Cartier customer. A steel, enamel, lacquered, tortoiseshell 18K yellow gold paper-knife by Cartier, circa 1906-1907. Signed Cartier Paris Londres and numbered. French assay mark. Gross weight : 109,45 gr. Dimensions : 20,5 x 2,1 cm. Original Cartier box. Comes with Alain Cartier expertise.
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CARTIER - YEAR 1906-1907 LAVENDER-BLUE ENAMEL PAPER-KNIFE Depicts a dagger in a lavender-blue lacquer sheath on a finely engine-turned background. The handle and case are highlighted with a blond tortoiseshell edge and a gray agate ridge. Mounted in finely engraved 18K yellow gold. The steel blade is engraved Cartier Paris Londres. Number engraved on the gold frame. French workmanship. Gross weight: 109.45 gr. Dimensions: 20.5 x 2.1 cm. Original case. Appraisal by Mr. Alain Cartier. Reference: Bachet Olivier and Cartier Alain, "Cartier - Objets exceptionnels", Editions Palais-Royal, 2019, volume 1, page 125, this letter opener is reproduced. For a desk set with the same model of letter opener in the collection of the singer Nellie Melba, a great voice and Cartier customer. A steel, enamel, lacquered, tortoiseshell 18K yellow gold paper-knife by Cartier, circa 1906-1907. Signed Cartier Paris Londres and numbered. French assay mark. Gross weight : 109,45 gr. Dimensions : 20,5 x 2,1 cm. Original Cartier box. Comes with Alain Cartier expertise.
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