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Rutilated quartz box with tourmaline thumbpiece

    Rutilated quartz box with tourmaline thumbpiece

    Germany, Idar-Oberstein

    The 20th century

    Wild, Manfred, Emile Becker firm

    Rutilated quartz, tourmaline, gold; carving, polishing

    Length 13.3 cm

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    Rutilated quartz box with tourmaline thumbpiece is carved from a single boulder of superior quality rutilated quartz, flecked with hundreds of golden rutile needles within the highly transparent quartz.
    The box has a separate, removable lid that is bordered in 18K yellow gold. Set with two bezel-set, square-cut tourmaline accents to the edge of the lid.

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    Инв.6213/ДПИ