Pixis of copper with email, with the four evangelist symbols, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1900 Pixis of gilded copper and email champlevé. The body cylindrical. The cone -shaped lid is crowned by a cross on a sphere. The lid is connected to the body with a hinge and has a closure on the opposite side, whereby a pen can be applied to the body between two eyes. The lid and body are decorated with dark blue soil of enamel, on which a simple rank ornament, which encloses four medallions on both the body and on the lid. The medallions on the lid alternately show the letters Shi against a light blue-gre
Pixis of copper with email, with the four evangelist symbols, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1900 Pixis of gilded copper and email champlevé. The body cylindrical. The cone -shaped lid is crowned by a cross on a sphere. The lid is connected to the body with a hinge and has a closure on the opposite side, whereby a pen can be applied to the body between two eyes. The lid and body are decorated with dark blue soil of enamel, on which a simple rank ornament, which encloses four medallions on both the body and on the lid. The medallions on the lid alternately show the letters Shi against a light blue-green background and an angel against a red background. The medallions on the body show the four evangelist symbols against a red or light blue-green background. France (possibly) copper (metal) Pixis of gilded copper and email champlevé. The body cylindrical. The cone -shaped lid is crowned by a cross on a sphere. The lid is connected to the body with a hinge and has a closure on the opposite side, whereby a pen can be applied to the body between two eyes. The lid and body are decorated with dark blue soil of enamel, on which a simple rank ornament, which encloses four medallions on both the body and on the lid. The medallions on the lid alternately show the letters Shi against a light blue-green background and an angel against a red background. The medallions on the body show the four evangelist symbols against a red or light blue-green background. France (possibly) copper (metal)
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