A FRENCH GILT-METAL AND PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR CASKET AND COVER, the white porcelain sides painted in a pastel palette with vignettes of 18th Century lovers in landscapes, the metal case cast with C-scrolls, cornucopiae, acanthus and shells and with two cherubs wearing fluttering drapery at the front corners, the lock with a grotesque mask, the cover applied with pendant cornucopiae of roses and with a central carrying handle cast with a shell and two cherubs, circa 1900