Antique French Napoleon III Era Jewel Casket or Trinket Box, Rococo Style Portrait Miniature Black Forest It is clean

It is clean

The finest panels of shell used to greatest advantage

the silver has been worked in repoussé

The maker's mark and rather signature floral basket and cobalt blue kiln-fired enamel mark it as a true luxury of its time

Antique French Napoleon III Era Jewel Casket or Trinket Box, Rococo Style Portrait Miniature Black Forest It is cleanElegant antique French Napoleon III or Victorian era gilt bronze jewelry casket or trinket box with hand painted portrait miniature on ivory, genuine tortoise shell mat outer ring and in wonderful condition! The sitter in a rococo or lage Georgian style dress, powdered or pale coiffed hair with soft curls and flower ornament, low neckline dress with delicate fichu or lace popular in 18th c. fashion. This work, however, a Second Empire or 'revival'