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Plenty of wear all over including a bit of bending at the hinges but the cover is still very well attached and closes flush
But it is the painting of the horse at the center of the wall box that really sold me on this--definitely the improvisatory addition of whoever made this many years ago
The metal looks like brass
the cup is in good condition
I paid about as much for this little old woman as I am selling her for
Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings exotic wood Plenty of wear all overSOLD : E, F My photos do not do these hand colored bookplate woodcut engravings justice they are subtle but quite stunning I think, with the interplay of the engraving and the coloration making them feel both unusual and really rather exquisite. They come from a scarce 1808 10 work "Conchyliogie systmatique et classification mthodique des coquilles," by the French naturalist Pierre Denys de Montfort (1766 1820) with the plates drawn and engraved by
