Blue Opaline Perfume Casket with Four Sides of France Monuments and Woman Portrait on Top Vintage

Blue Opaline Perfume Casket with Four Sides of France Monuments and Woman Portrait on Top VintageLate 19th to Early 20th C French Palais Royal style opaline glass perfume or scent bottl Gilt bronze mounts with photos and portrait Blue was a popular color Finely chased gilt bronze ormolu in foliate and scroll motifs, framing both the portrait and arcitectural scenes monuments Grand Tour

High quality silk or satin brocade in imperial gold with Neoclassical motifs (central medallions with urns flanked by laurel wreaths and floral sprays)

The exterior is made from solid oak with a warm medium-brown finish and visible grain patterning

Opaline and gilt bronze carriage casket

and Austria and were often sold as companion pieces to marble clocks

blending seamlessly into traditional and collected interiors

pomegranate seeds

featuring a shallow integral bowl supported by finely cast mythological griffins

and crown suggest a connection to Imperial Russian aristocratic or service heraldry

Viscount of Kirkcaldy

Late 19th century (published 1879

scent box or thimble box

The binding remains structurally sound with a functioning clasp and intact spine