SOLD Antique Miniature Ivory Portrait & Guilloche Enamel Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box

Antiques : - Miniature Portraits & Portrait Boxes

 

A delightful antique 19th century French gilt bronze and enamel over guilloche jewelry box decorated with a hand painted miniature ivory portrait. A twisted rope like motif circle edges of the lid with floral embellishments festooned along the corners, all of which encase panels of salmon pink enamel over guilloche. At the center of the lid is a hand painted miniature portrait on ivory depicting a smaller rendition of Vigée-LeBrun’s Marie-Antoinette à la rose; beautifully painted with tiny minute brush-strokes and bright, vivid colors all set under a convex glass.

The lid opens to reveal a brocade silk-like material lining the interior, still in very good condition with bright colors in a floral décor atop a light blue background. A frieze surrounds the sides of the box in a continuous pattern of flower filled urns, scrolling acanthus leaves and rocailles. Marked at the bottom FRANCE. The box measures 3 5/8” in length, 2 7/8” in width and about 1” in height. The portrait measures about 1 ¼” in diameter.

Condition: both the enamel and the portrait are in very good condition. The box is in good condition with a small shallow dent at the very bottom of the box located at the bottom right hand corner.

Item ID: MP-441