Lot of display items: - three silver match cases (800), one enameled with flowers and wader. Total net weight: 33 g. - Gross weight: 24 g. Shock; enamels missing. - two metal match cases. Damage. - a pill box and a cigarette case in metal, with Art Nouveau decoration. Scratches and dents; pill box hinge damaged. - an oblong porcelain box with metal rim and printed floral design. Length: 6.8 cm. - three shell-shaped boxes (including a Cypraea tigris) with metal mounts, one with suspension chain, some with rosaries. Lengths: 4.9 - 8.2 - 6.2 Some cracks; old restoration to the cypraea.

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