Enamelled white opaline Egg and jewellery dish with gilded stand
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Enamelled white opaline Egg and jewellery dish with gilded stand

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Enamelled white opaline Egg and jewellery dish with gilded stand:
the hinged egg-shaped box and circular dish with enamelled bees and berried branches; on a looped tri-form stand with leaf decoration. French, Palais Royal, circa 1880 and restored.

Height: 6¼" - 16.0cm
Width: 3½" - 9.0cm
Projection: 3½" - 9.0cm

opaline

Fine semi-opaque, white and coloured glass, developed by the French in the first half of the 19th century, with a translucent quality.

gilded, gilt

A very thin layer of gold applied to brass or bronze.

Palais Royale

Small, French, gilded metal trinkets, some with Parisian scenes, many with mother-of-pearl insets. For instance, a gilded goat pulling a mother-of-pearl cart.

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