ASPREY: A SHAGREEN ETUI

Of rectangular form, the interior fitted with a pair of gilt-metal scissors detailed, Asprey, a silver-gilt thimble and bodkin case and one further implement, 12cm wide

Provenance: Hylda and Lewis Gilbert, Sheldrake Place, London. 

Lewis Gilbert (d.2018), the celebrated film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his 007 James Bond movies and Alfie.