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Lot 251:
Antique Signed French Gilt Bronze Box with Portrait Miniature
Description
Signed French Gilt Bronze Box with Portrait Miniature
French School
Gilt Bronze Box with Hand-Painted Portrait Miniature
Description
A refined 19th-century French gilt bronze jewelry or trinket box, the lid inset with a finely painted porcelain portrait miniature of a noblewoman in 18th-century attire. The portrait is delicately rendered with luminous flesh tones and soft drapery and appears to be signed along the right edge of the painting, partially obscured, indicating the hand of a skilled mid-19th-century miniaturist. The oval box is richly ornamented with a guilloche-patterned ground and applied floral and Rococo-style gilt bronze motifs. The interior is lined in deep red velvet.
Details
Origin: French
Date / Period: Likely Circa 1850-1880
Medium: Gilt bronze box with hand-painted porcelain miniature
Dimensions: Approx. 12 × 8 × 4 cm
Condition: Minor surface wear and light enamel craquelure; overall excellent patina and preservation.
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