Details
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES-PATTERN PORCELAIN CASKET
Late 19th Century
The lid surmounted by a figure of a reclining lady, opening to reveal a turquoise velvet-lined interior, the rim signed Alph. Giroux à Paris, the top and sides with pink ground panels painted with reclining putti and musical trohies, on female caryatid foliate scrolling feet
8½in. (21.5cm.) wide; 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; 7¼in. (18.5cm.) deep
Late 19th Century
The lid surmounted by a figure of a reclining lady, opening to reveal a turquoise velvet-lined interior, the rim signed Alph. Giroux à Paris, the top and sides with pink ground panels painted with reclining putti and musical trohies, on female caryatid foliate scrolling feet
8½in. (21.5cm.) wide; 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; 7¼in. (18.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Eire, Christie's House Sale, 1st November 1976, Lot 931