Antique French Wooden and Bronze Jewellery Casket from Maison Boissier

Description

This fine and exceptional 19th-century French chocolate kingwood and the ormolu box was made by Maison Boissier.
The top of … more This fine and exceptional 19th-century French chocolate kingwood and the ormolu box was made by Maison Boissier.
The top of the box is fitted with a handpainted plaque depicting a group of female figures, one female playing mandolin and three others sitting around her, two holding the notes. They are wearing 18th-century style dresses surrounded by foliage, flowers, and trees.

The plaque is mounted in a highly decorated ormolu decoration ending with eight turquoise cabochons. Each side of this rare, oval casket is decorated in ormolu with six pairs of cherubs holding a cartouche with turquoise cabochons (one missing) and standing on eight ormolu elephants' feet. The lock is stamped 'Maison Boissier' and the interior is lined with plush lining. The casket has its original key.

Measurements are 27 cm in width x 11 cm in height, and 85 cm in diameter This piece has an attribution mark,
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