Swiss Guilloche Silver Dressing Table Set
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Twelve piece Swiss Plojoux guilloche silver items containing 12 dressing table pieces of 935 standard silver and blue guilloche enamel, each piece (except the pen knife, nb: enamel a/f to this) hallmarked with a variant of 'Plojoux Geneve Swiss 0935' preceded by a 5 digit number, comprising of a comb handle 19 cm, small losses), dish 17.5 cm, nail buffer 14.5 cm, and 8 implements with steel components and silver enamel handles
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- A/f, as Inspected - The letters "A/F" or "as inspected" as part of a description is the cataloguer's shorthand for "all faults" or "as found", meaning the item has some type of damage or deficiency, it is of uncertain date or provenance, and/or that the seller takes no responsibility for the completeness of the item or the accuracy of the description.
- Guilloche - A form of classical decoration consisting of a repeating ornament of interlacing curved bands, sometimes forming circles, and further decorated with rosettes or other flower forms.
The name is derived from the inventor, French engineer Guillot, who invented a mechanical method of inscribing fine repeating patterns on to metallic surfaces.
On enamelled items with guilloche decoration, the surface is firstly engraved with the repeating pattern, and then covered with several layers of enamel, each of which is fired.
Where the item has not been enamelled the form of decoration is usually called "engine turned".
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