An ormolu-mounted Sevres-pattern dark-blue ground casket

PAINTED BY HENRY, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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An ormolu-mounted Sevres-pattern dark-blue ground casket
Painted by Henry, Last quarter 19th Century
Of serpentine shape, the richly-gilt top decorated to the centre with a panel depicting an eighteenth century genre scene of ladies listening to a duet, the sides each decorated to the centre with a riverscape view, within richly-gilt border, with padded interior the underside with gilt imitation interlaced 'L' and Château de Tuileries marks
15½ in. (39.3 cm.) wide; 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high; 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) deep

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