AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU, SILVER AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED CREAM SHAGREEN-COVERED CASKET

AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU, SILVER AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED CREAM SHAGREEN-COVERED CASKET
BY AUGUSTE KLEIN, VIENNA, DATED 1896
The top applied with a central medallion bearing a coat-of-arms and dated 1896, the spandrels with foliate swags and the corners with further crests within laurel-wreaths, above a gadrooned body with a mounted frieze, handles to the sides and a central lock with a hinged coronet cover, the top of the lock engraved Auguste Klein Vienne, on scrolled splay feet, the interior with red velvet lining
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep