TWO FRENCH RENAISSANCE STYLE GILT JEWELLERY CASKET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
£429
Auction: Day 2 - Thurs 15th May from 10am | Lots 314 to 602
Description
the first of sarcophagus form cast with foliate bronze panels surmounted by a figure of a reclining putto, on four gilt toupie feet, a blue silk lined interior with a studded lid, the base stamped ‘T&E. PARIS’; the other of sarcophagus form with an octagonal domed lid set with a reserve glass painted floral panel, over green backed tortoiseshell panels set in floral engraved mounts, cast caryatids to the angles on scroll feet, a cream silk lined interior (2)
Dimensions
the larger 12cm long, 10cm high, 8.5cm deep
Provenance
Collection of a Scottish Borders gentleman