A gilt-metal mounted and verre eglomise needlecase
FRENCH, CIRCA 1790
Rectangular with arched cover, the front and back set with octagonal gold-mounted panels, one painted with the trophies of love, the other with a rebus of a pansy above the words A Moi, the gilt-metal mounts stamped with stylised acanthus -- 2 1/8ins. (5.3cms.)
A gilt-metal mounted and verre eglomise needlecase
FRENCH, CIRCA 1790
Rectangular with arched cover, the front and back set with octagonal gold-mounted panels, one painted with the trophies of love, the other with a rebus of a pansy above the words A Moi, the gilt-metal mounts stamped with stylised acanthus -- 2 1/8ins. (5.3cms.)
