Details
A French lacquered and inlaid writing case, later 19th Century,
the front with a painted scene of figures in a rural landscape and with inlaid mother-of-pearl forming a house, a church and a bridge, within a border of gilt foliage and further mother-of-pearl inlay; the hinged top of the box with mother-of-pearl inlay in the form of vine leaves; compartmentalised inside, distressed -- 9 x 6 x 4.7/8in. (24.75 x 15.2 x 12.4cm.)
the front with a painted scene of figures in a rural landscape and with inlaid mother-of-pearl forming a house, a church and a bridge, within a border of gilt foliage and further mother-of-pearl inlay; the hinged top of the box with mother-of-pearl inlay in the form of vine leaves; compartmentalised inside, distressed -- 9 x 6 x 4.7/8in. (24.75 x 15.2 x 12.4cm.)