A French parcel-gilt jewel casket Maker's mark of Marc-Augustine Lebrun, Paris, circa 1824 Oblong and on four boar's mask and oak leaf feet, the borders cast and chased with acanthus foliage and husk lambrequins and with bands of strapwork, paterae and anthemion, the angles each applied with a demi-female caryatid with plumed headdress, the sides and cover each inset with a plaque, cast and chased with scenes from the Life of Don Quixote, each side centred by a Medusa mask, the cover with bacchic mask, thyrsus and fruiting vine borders, the angles cast and chased with winged ram's mask and rosette ornament, the cover applied with the Royal Arms of France, marked in cover 17in. (43cm.) long Gross 1,567oz. (48,739gr.)
A French parcel-gilt jewel casket Maker's mark of Marc-Augustine Lebrun, Paris, circa 1824 Oblong and on four boar's mask and oak leaf feet, the borders cast and chased with acanthus foliage and husk lambrequins and with bands of strapwork, paterae and anthemion, the angles each applied with a demi-female caryatid with plumed headdress, the sides and cover each inset with a plaque, cast and chased with scenes from the Life of Don Quixote, each side centred by a Medusa mask, the cover with bacchic mask, thyrsus and fruiting vine borders, the angles cast and chased with winged ram's mask and rosette ornament, the cover applied with the Royal Arms of France, marked in cover 17in. (43cm.) long Gross 1,567oz. (48,739gr.)
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