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A FRENCH EMPIRE SILVER AND WOOD BOÎTE-À-SURPRISE
the silver-relief signed and dated "Kirstein. orf: a Strasbourg. 1809"
Circular box-wood box, the independent cover set with a gilt-metal mounted silver plaque embossed, chased and engraved with a relief depicting a semi-nude young lady kneeling in front a putto; landscape background with temple and a couple of doves; the base with secret compartment in the bottom unscrewing to reveal an enamel plaque representing a young lady in a landscape amusing herself with a pansy -- 83 mm diam.
the silver-relief signed and dated "Kirstein. orf: a Strasbourg. 1809"
Circular box-wood box, the independent cover set with a gilt-metal mounted silver plaque embossed, chased and engraved with a relief depicting a semi-nude young lady kneeling in front a putto; landscape background with temple and a couple of doves; the base with secret compartment in the bottom unscrewing to reveal an enamel plaque representing a young lady in a landscape amusing herself with a pansy -- 83 mm diam.