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DEUX ÉTUIS À CISEAUX
in iron with engraved decoration on the theme of spurned lovers offering gifts to their sweethearts. On the front of both, a lover presents a heart and affirms "j'en peut disposer" ("I can dispose of it")| on the reverse of one, a heart tormented by the winds, with the inscription "une seule me les cause" ("Only one causes them to me")| on the other, a kneeling lover laments: "je suis réduit à soupirer" ("I am reduced to sighing").
France, early 18th century
Height: 8.4 cm
(Voids, visible accidents)
in iron with engraved decoration on the theme of spurned lovers offering gifts to their sweethearts. On the front of both, a lover presents a heart and affirms "j'en peut disposer" ("I can dispose of it")| on the reverse of one, a heart tormented by the winds, with the inscription "une seule me les cause" ("Only one causes them to me")| on the other, a kneeling lover laments: "je suis réduit à soupirer" ("I am reduced to sighing").
France, early 18th century
Height: 8.4 cm
(Voids, visible accidents)