Bronze Automatic Butterfly, Circa 1830, Romantic Era Mail Clip

Here is a superb business card holder, or letter clip, from bronze, formerly painted green with varnish and gilded, it is the flight of a beautiful butterfly specimen, a lever to open its wings, closing them allows you to hold the documents well. Desktop Office object, decorative, rare, which must have been sold at periodin galleries of Palais Royal ....
Dimensions: 12cm x 11cm x 7cm. Weight: 600g: credible paperweight.
Beautiful French work, dating from first part of the 19th century, Restoration period,
Good condition: No flaw, no breakage, no lack, we report normal wear in almost 2 centuries, to gilding and original colors.
This object is for immediate purchase, payable by credit card or paypal.
- eclectic - antique dealers since 1970, Siret: FR 24.430113233. Invoice and Certificate are attached to each of our shipments.