Carlo Giuliano, a Victorian gold, rock crystal and enamel vesta case, circa 1863-95, designed in the

Carlo Giuliano, a Victorian gold, rock crystal and enamel vesta case, circa 1863-95, designed in the Renaissance Revival style, set with two panels of rock crystal, the oblong gold case with rounded ends applied with alternating stripes of pale blue and black enamel with foliate patterns in gold reserve, the central compartment intended for matches opening via a hinged lid, one side of the case with a gold vesta strip, measuring approximately 5.0 x 3.0 x 0.8cm, signed CG for Carlo Giuliano to the interior

Cf.: Geoffrey Munn, Castellani and Giuliano: Revivalist Jewellers of the Nineteenth Century, London, 1984, pg. 165, cat no. 164, for an illustration of an identical vesta case, possibly the present example