A FRENCH ORMOLU OVAL CASKET

A FRENCH ORMOLU OVAL CASKET

PALAIS ROYALE, 19TH CENTURY

the cover with a glass panel enclosing a large cut-paper flower bouquet, with a push button catch revealing a mirrored and silk lined interior, the sides with fourteen similar smaller cut-paper floral panels, the metal mounts with meandering floral swags and zigzag decoration between finely reticulated and decorated handles and above a lacework apron with lion paw feet

9cm high, 22.7cm wide, 14cm deep