Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 22nd July 2020

Lot 476

A late seventeenth century silver-mounted black shagreen covered aide memoire

Estimate £500 - £700

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Description

A late seventeenth century silver-mounted black shagreen covered aide memoire,

circa 1680,

rectangular form, stud-work borders, plain edging, the interior with a slate tablet and with a long stylus, length 13.7cm.

For a similar example from 1680, see The Victorian and Albert Museum, Museum exhibit no. M.74-1982.