A Limoges-style French dresser box
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First-quarter 20th Century
Signed: Ganiet / France
The rectangular gilt-bronze vanity box with enamel-on-copper decoration to the lid, centering a pastoral figural scene depicting a courting couple enclosed in a bead and spindle cartouche with floral motifs against a blue guilloche ground, with stylized floral urn patterning to the sides and yellow velvet lined interior
3.25" H x 12.5" W x 4.375" D
Signed: Ganiet / France
The rectangular gilt-bronze vanity box with enamel-on-copper decoration to the lid, centering a pastoral figural scene depicting a courting couple enclosed in a bead and spindle cartouche with floral motifs against a blue guilloche ground, with stylized floral urn patterning to the sides and yellow velvet lined interior
3.25" H x 12.5" W x 4.375" D
Condition
Overall good condition with shelf wear, scattered scuffs, light scratches, and tarnishing to metal commensurate with age. Upper-right enamel guilloche panel with hairline crack to inner corner. Velvet interior with soiling/staining commensurate with use and is pulling away from box.
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A Limoges-style French dresser box
Estimate $500 - $700
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