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A SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL CASKET
maker's mark of Karl Bank, Vienna, late 19th Century
Octagonal and on four mask and scroll feet each surmounted by a musician, the cover and sides inset with enamelled panels painted with mythological scenes, within foliate scroll and fruit borders, the interior of each panel painted with flowersprays and descriptions in French of the various scenes, (hinge defective), marked on rim - 9¾in. (25cm.)
maker's mark of Karl Bank, Vienna, late 19th Century
Octagonal and on four mask and scroll feet each surmounted by a musician, the cover and sides inset with enamelled panels painted with mythological scenes, within foliate scroll and fruit borders, the interior of each panel painted with flowersprays and descriptions in French of the various scenes, (hinge defective), marked on rim - 9¾in. (25cm.)