Jewellery, Watches, Silver & Objects of Vertu

An Art Deco styptor and gold mounted minaudière by Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1935, of rectangular form with engine-turned decoration throughout, and agate set sprung thumbpiece, the fitted interior with mirrored lid, and containing compartments for lipstick, powder, a lighter and an unassociated silver and gold inset square compact hallmarked for Birmingham 1948, signed ‘LA MINAUDIÈRE FOR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS’, and to the inner rim ‘SPECIALLY MADE FOR ASPREY’, stamped ‘STYPTOR’, with original Asprey black velvet and watered silk-lined slip case/handbag, dimensions 15.2 x 12.5cm. £1,500-£2,000