A GILTMETAL AND GREEN-GROUND-PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR CASKET AND HINGED COVER, the cover inset with a plaque painted by C. Forster with a fisherboy embracing a nymph in a boat tossed on frothing waves as an old man sleeps in the prow, the front with five putti playing musical instruments and gathering flowers in a verdant landscape, the sides with children within seeded gilt oval medallions, the metal mounts chased with key-pattern, stiff leaves and husks, on four feet, signed, circa 1900

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A GILTMETAL AND GREEN-GROUND-PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR CASKET AND HINGED COVER, the cover inset with a plaque painted by C. Forster with a fisherboy embracing a nymph in a boat tossed on frothing waves as an old man sleeps in the prow, the front with five putti playing musical instruments and gathering flowers in a verdant landscape, the sides with children within seeded gilt oval medallions, the metal mounts chased with key-pattern, stiff leaves and husks, on four feet, signed, circa 1900
10¾in. (27.5cm.) wide; 7¼in. (18.3cm.) high

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