Guithon Brrceaux Signed Box ,bronze Enamel Plaques,xix Century

Maison Guithon, Bordeaux.
A quadrangular jewellery box in polychrome enamelled porcelain, decorated with scenes of courtly love and pastoral life, with a gilded bronze mount featuring pearl friezes.
Napoleon III period.
Signed ‘GUITHON Bordeaux’ on the lock.
With key.
Dimensions: 11 x 23 x 13.5 cm.
Very good condition. 

Maison Guithon was a distinguished Bordeaux luxury retailer active during the 19th century, specializing in the sale of fine decorative objects and luxury goods. Its name appears on a variety of elegant caskets, jewellery boxes, and ornamental pieces in the Napoléon III taste, often combining gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel, and porcelain plaques. Objects bearing the inscription "Guithon Bordeaux" are generally regarded as items retailed by the firm rather than manufactured by it. This practice was common in the 19th century, when prestigious merchants and luxury retailers marked pieces produced by specialist workshops with their own name. The Guithon family was also among Bordeaux's prominent merchant families, and its legacy is reflected in both local heritage and museum collections. Today, the "Guithon Bordeaux" signature is appreciated as a mark of provenance associated with the refinement and flourishing luxury trade of 19th-century Bordeaux