Sold for:
2,750 CHF
2,750 CHF
Hommages Enflammes Swiss. Made circa 1900. Two fine and very unusual, silvered metal matchboxes with concealed erotic automaton scenes. Three body rectangular, line engine-turned with match compartment and spring-loaded lid disclosing an automaton scene depicting a loving couple in a boudoir . Mechanical, wound by closing the spring-loaded lid. Dim. 57 x 36 x 15 mm. & 58 x 33 x 16 mm. Property of an Swiss collector Notes Two similar matchboxes were sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, November 16, 1997, lots 69 & 70.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
