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Boat needle

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Head in the form of a bust of a turban adorned morian, h: 31 mm, of gold, covered with black enamel, gold turban with blue enamel stripe, along the edge six facet cut rubies in a smooth pitch, on the turban’s hat a round moonstone. On an agraff at the front an oval, facet-ground emerald, in chain about the neck an oval ruby, in the ears rings with silver bullets down. Suit with pink enamel, on the underside of the bust red, green and blue, fragile enamel. Straight needle of gold, l: 60 mm, at the top of a ring, attached a chain of gold, l: 110 mm, at the second end of which is attached a smaller needle of gold, l: 52 mm, ball head, d: 6 mm, engraved leaf pattern.
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Title: Boat needle
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Head in the form of a bust of a turban adorned morian, h: 31 mm, of gold, covered with black enamel, gold turban with blue enamel stripe, along the edge six facet cut rubies in a smooth pitch, on the turban’s hat a round moonstone.
On an agraff at the front an oval, facet-ground emerald, in chain about the neck an oval ruby, in the ears rings with silver bullets down.
Suit with pink enamel, on the underside of the bust red, green and blue, fragile enamel.
Straight needle of gold, l: 60 mm, at the top of a ring, attached a chain of gold, l: 110 mm, at the second end of which is attached a smaller needle of gold, l: 52 mm, ball head, d: 6 mm, engraved leaf pattern.

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