A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED SÈVRES-PATTERN DARK-BLUE-GROUND SHAPED CASKET AND HINGED COVER, the cover painted by Lauqué with three figures wearing 18th Century-style dress in a parkland, one gentleman kissing the hand of his companion, another lady seated reading a letter, within a raised gilt palm-frond and feuilles-de-choux cartouche outlined by similar foliage, scrolls and trellis-pattern, a lovers' trophy below, the sides with watery landscapes within palm-frond cartouches, padded interior, artist's signature, gilt interlaced L mark, circa 1880

A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED SÈVRES-PATTERN DARK-BLUE-GROUND SHAPED CASKET AND HINGED COVER, the cover painted by Lauqué with three figures wearing 18th Century-style dress in a parkland, one gentleman kissing the hand of his companion, another lady seated reading a letter, within a raised gilt palm-frond and feuilles-de-choux cartouche outlined by similar foliage, scrolls and trellis-pattern, a lovers' trophy below, the sides with watery landscapes within palm-frond cartouches, padded interior, artist's signature, gilt interlaced L mark, circa 1880
9¾in. x 12½in. (25cm. x 32cm.)