French 18 Century, 18K Yellow Gold combination Seal-Stamp (probably "Gothic" I L) & inside, a Sealing Wax Container; the gold delicately engraved with panels and garlands of flowers and cover, with various hallmarks to sides including the Goldsmiths of Paris 1774, the first year of Louis XVI. Weight 22.5 grams. Length closed 3 1/4 inches (8.4 cm.).

Age related wear to gold, tiny dents, short small breaks to inside mouth. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.