Beschreibung:

A French parcel-gilt silver, enamel, and gem-set jewel casket, Frederic-Jules Rudolphi, Paris, the plaque designed by Geoffroy Deschaumes, circa 1860 the top with a fully modeled scene of a sleeping warrior and a woman standing behind with a sword (Judith and Holofernes?) enhanced with baroque pearls and rubies, with a scent urn with chained top to one side, deeply modeled border of woodland creatures in foliage, lifting off to reveal an oval panel chased with the Toilet of Venus, lifting to reveal a vinaigrette compartment with flower-pierced grill, flanked by poppies set with stones and the whole lifting to reveal a lined compartment; the sides with panels of black and white enamel Arabesques with dragons at the angles, the lower border matching and with pull-out drawer, openwork cartouche-form feet maker's mark in center of vinaigrette compartment, boar's head throughout height 9 in by length 9 1/2 in. 23cm by 24 cm