LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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a french gilt and silvered bronze casket in the egyptian revival style
last quarter 19th century
The rising rectangular cover cast in relief with lions and mythical beasts and surmounted by the figure of a maiden reclining on a day bed, the sides with rows of pilasters and incised with mock hieroglyphics, mounted with standing Egyptian figures, with seated figures to the projecting angles, on toupie feet
12½in. (31.5cm.) wide
last quarter 19th century
The rising rectangular cover cast in relief with lions and mythical beasts and surmounted by the figure of a maiden reclining on a day bed, the sides with rows of pilasters and incised with mock hieroglyphics, mounted with standing Egyptian figures, with seated figures to the projecting angles, on toupie feet
12½in. (31.5cm.) wide