A FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT MUSICAL BOX
A FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT MUSICAL BOX

BY L. A. BAUDIN (FL. 1810-1812), MARKED WITH THE MAKER'S DOUBL MARK (1811/1812), WITH THE PARIS EXCISE MARK FOR SILVER 1809-1818

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A FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER-GILT MUSICAL BOX
by L. A. Baudin (fl. 1810-1812), marked with the maker's doubl mark (1811/1812), with the Paris excise mark for silver 1809-1818
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover and base engraved with a panel of engine-turning forming lozenges floating on a wavy ground, within a frame of trailing floral scrolls on a frosted ground, plain rim, the sides similarly engraved, with horizontally reeded base border, the front side with two levers, a barrel musical movement inside, with associated key
36 (88 mm.) wide

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