Jewellery casket, Jean Valentin Morel, c. 1842 - c. 1848 Jewelry box, rectangular, gilded silver partially inlaid with blue Émail, with legs and a lid crown of gushed silver. On four legs in the form of griffins, a wide flat edge rests, decorated with acanthus motifs. There are four columns with Corinthian capital on the rounded corners. In between, there are twelve with Émail with decorated panels in arches on which naked figures are mounted in bass relief. The lid is equipped with the same émail decoration and is crowned by a small group of sculpture from a sitting woman who, helped by two c
Jewellery casket, Jean Valentin Morel, c. 1842 - c. 1848 Jewelry box, rectangular, gilded silver partially inlaid with blue Émail, with legs and a lid crown of gushed silver. On four legs in the form of griffins, a wide flat edge rests, decorated with acanthus motifs. There are four columns with Corinthian capital on the rounded corners. In between, there are twelve with Émail with decorated panels in arches on which naked figures are mounted in bass relief. The lid is equipped with the same émail decoration and is crowned by a small group of sculpture from a sitting woman who, helped by two children, makes her toilet. Paris silver (metal). gilding (material). gilding Jewelry box, rectangular, gilded silver partially inlaid with blue Émail, with legs and a lid crown of gushed silver. On four legs in the form of griffins, a wide flat edge rests, decorated with acanthus motifs. There are four columns with Corinthian capital on the rounded corners. In between, there are twelve with Émail with decorated panels in arches on which naked figures are mounted in bass relief. The lid is equipped with the same émail decoration and is crowned by a small group of sculpture from a sitting woman who, helped by two children, makes her toilet. Paris silver (metal). gilding (material). gilding
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