Gilt-bronze Jewellery Casket With Porcelain Plaques, Napoleon III Period

Polylobed jewelry box in finely pierced gilded bronze decorated with scrolls and leafy rinceaux, the body and lid adorned with oval porcelain medallions in the Sèvres style featuring polychrome flower bouquets on a celeste blue background, velvet-lined interior, resting on small spinning-top feet.
France. Napoleon III period.
Dimensions: 20 x 15 x 13 cm
Good condition.

Dressing cases and jewelry boxes from the Napoleon III period are characterized by the virtuosity of their pierced bronze mounts and a taste for pairing gilded metals with hand-painted porcelain plaques reminiscent of 18th-century Sèvres production. Our object fits into the production of objets de vertu and vanity accessories from the second half of the 19th century, illustrating Louis XV / Louis XVI style goldsmithing and bronzework favored by Second Empire high society.