Late 19th C French Oak Perfume Casket with Blue Silk and Velvet Interior (No Bottles; Chip to Corner) Antique

Late 19th C French Oak Perfume Casket with Blue Silk and Velvet Interior (No Bottles; Chip to Corner) AntiqueCarved Wood Antique Perfume Box with No Bottles Late 19th C French Oak Perfume Casket Circa 1880 1900 (Small chip to corner) Applied ebonized metal mounts and studded brass ornamentation featuring riveted strapwork at the corners Fitted in pale blue silk and velvet with two square bottle recesses Aesthetic to early Belle Epoque period Perfume bottles missing; produced by small Parisian firms catering to middle to upper luxury gift trade Dark, almost

Areas of paint loss in the dark background - natural aging and oxidation

1685-1766)

Boiserie treatment follows the Louis XV Rocaille vocabulary - asymmetrical scrools

Et Casta Thorus

and geometric borders on dark green ground

From the beginning of the 19th century

Blue and Gold Opaline Ashtray

Cluster of oak leaves and acorns

very classic colorway for Grand Apparat (Hermès has reissued the design many times in different palettes)

Likely prepared for the tourist market mid-to-late 20th C

Wilcox Silver Plate Co - Meriden

925 Italy - sterling Silver gold plated with 14K gold