Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022
Lot 202
A 19th century silver-gilt mounted rock crystal and glass casket
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000
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Description
A 19th century silver-gilt mounted rock crystal and glass casket,
probably Austrian, marked with a French import mark 1864-1893,
rectangular form, mounted with green cabouchons and enamelled mask and foliate scroll motifs, the panel in the hinged cover engraved with a figure and foliate scroll decoration, the sides with eight smaller panels, one damaged, the base with a replacement glass panel, on eight paw and pad feet with lion mask and enamel wings and figural supports, the interior gilded, length 21.5cm, height 12.8cm.