THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A French parcel-silvered and gilt-bronze casket
third quarter 19th century
Of stepped rectangular form, the cover surmounted by a recumbent lion, the side panels with classical portrait roundels entwined with palmettes and other foliage below an egg-and-dart border, on toupie feet, with silk lined interior, indistinctly marked to one side
7¾in. (19.7cm.) wide
third quarter 19th century
Of stepped rectangular form, the cover surmounted by a recumbent lion, the side panels with classical portrait roundels entwined with palmettes and other foliage below an egg-and-dart border, on toupie feet, with silk lined interior, indistinctly marked to one side
7¾in. (19.7cm.) wide