Null TRAVEL CASE OF OBJECTS AND PERSONAL TOILETTE OF THE SOPRANO MARÍA BARRIENTO…
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TRAVEL CASE OF OBJECTS AND PERSONAL TOILETTE OF THE SOPRANO MARÍA BARRIENTOS, FF. XIXTH CENTURY. Made exclusively for the Spanish soprano María Barrientos (Barcelona, 1884-France, 1946) by the goldsmith workshop Gustave Keller in Paris, in kidskin with the artist's name engraved on it. With three front closures and restored handle. Interior, also lined in leather, with compartments of various sizes, some with button closures and a large bottom. Contains: glove tweezers, mirror with vermeil silver frame and leather back for hanging or support, a hand mirror, a shoehorn, nail file and polisher, hairbrush and two brushes for clothes, all made in tortoiseshell. M.B. initials engraved in 18kt gold. A leather box with two nail polishing brushes and a silver case. A leather box for hairpins, still preserved, and a comb case. Engraved M.B. initials. Four eau de cologne bottles, a soap dish, a pill box, a toothbrush bottle, four powder boxes (two large and two small) and three cream bottles, all made of glass with vermeil silver stoppers. Boxes for cottons and a sewing box with all the accessories and threads. Engraved M.B. initials. A clipboard made in leather, with blotters and a card of her son Jorge Keen Barrientos. A tea set composed of a tea pot, saucepan, tea cup, teaspoon, small tray and alcohol tin. In vermeil silver and ivory. Engraved M.B. initials.

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TRAVEL CASE OF OBJECTS AND PERSONAL TOILETTE OF THE SOPRANO MARÍA BARRIENTOS, FF. XIXTH CENTURY. Made exclusively for the Spanish soprano María Barrientos (Barcelona, 1884-France, 1946) by the goldsmith workshop Gustave Keller in Paris, in kidskin with the artist's name engraved on it. With three front closures and restored handle. Interior, also lined in leather, with compartments of various sizes, some with button closures and a large bottom. Contains: glove tweezers, mirror with vermeil silver frame and leather back for hanging or support, a hand mirror, a shoehorn, nail file and polisher, hairbrush and two brushes for clothes, all made in tortoiseshell. M.B. initials engraved in 18kt gold. A leather box with two nail polishing brushes and a silver case. A leather box for hairpins, still preserved, and a comb case. Engraved M.B. initials. Four eau de cologne bottles, a soap dish, a pill box, a toothbrush bottle, four powder boxes (two large and two small) and three cream bottles, all made of glass with vermeil silver stoppers. Boxes for cottons and a sewing box with all the accessories and threads. Engraved M.B. initials. A clipboard made in leather, with blotters and a card of her son Jorge Keen Barrientos. A tea set composed of a tea pot, saucepan, tea cup, teaspoon, small tray and alcohol tin. In vermeil silver and ivory. Engraved M.B. initials.

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