French Gilt Bronze & Guilloché Enamel Box with Portrait Miniature or displayed atop a sideboard

or displayed atop a sideboard

Opaline glass was both decorative and functional

• Medium: Oil on canvas

1808–1893)

and private offices to weigh correspondence

French Gilt Bronze & Guilloché Enamel Box with Portrait Miniature or displayed atop a sideboardFrench Gilt Bronze & Guilloch Enamel Box with Portrait Miniature An exquisite French gilt bronze and guilloch enamel casket, dating to the late 19th century, in the Louis XVI Revival style. The circular form features an openwork body of scrolling floral garlands and acanthus motifs, surmounted by a hinged lid centered with a hand painted portrait miniature of an elegant 18th century lady in powdered hair and blue gown. The portrait is framed within a