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A Sèvres style shaped circular gilt-metal-mounted box and hinged cover
the cover painted with a crowned female figure seated before an urn with a putto on a white horse and a figure in attendance, within shaped hexagonal cartouche, reserved on a claret-ground gilt with scrolls and winged mythical beasts, the box painted with putto within rectangular panels and gilt with scrolls, iron-red marks, late 19th century (light rubbing to gilding) -- 22cm. wide
See colour plate 8
the cover painted with a crowned female figure seated before an urn with a putto on a white horse and a figure in attendance, within shaped hexagonal cartouche, reserved on a claret-ground gilt with scrolls and winged mythical beasts, the box painted with putto within rectangular panels and gilt with scrolls, iron-red marks, late 19th century (light rubbing to gilding) -- 22cm. wide
See colour plate 8