LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND RED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED CASKET
Late 19th/early 20th Century
The rectangular hinged lid surmounted by a folding loop handle, enclosing a velvet-lined interior, the bombé sides with portrait mask, acanthus and c-scroll-cast mounts to the angles, below a fluted frieze, the escutcheon cast with acanthus and c-scrolls, on spreading block feet
9¼in. (23.5cm) wide
Late 19th/early 20th Century
The rectangular hinged lid surmounted by a folding loop handle, enclosing a velvet-lined interior, the bombé sides with portrait mask, acanthus and c-scroll-cast mounts to the angles, below a fluted frieze, the escutcheon cast with acanthus and c-scrolls, on spreading block feet
9¼in. (23.5cm) wide