{"product_id":"french-bevelled-glass-jewel-casket-etched-grapevine-c-1890","title":"French Bevelled-Glass Jewel Casket, Etched Grapevine, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Napoleon III jewel casket in thick bevelled glass, wheel-cut with grapevine on every panel and standing on four cast scroll feet. Small, footed and complete, with its original silk lining still in place.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA French bevelled-glass jewel casket of the Napoleon III into Belle Epoque period, the small footed coffret form, wheel-cut with grapevine decoration across every panel and still holding its original silk plush lining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaskets like this were made in Paris and the French provinces from the 1870s through the end of the century as display cases for jewellery and wedding keepsakes, the thick bevelled glass letting the contents be seen from every side. Most survive with plain bevels. This one is cut on all five panels, the lid and four sides, with a frosted design of grape leaves, tendrils and berries, the hand-finished decoration that separates a better casket from a plain one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glass sits in a silvered base-metal frame with a beaded and gadrooned rim, cast foliate corner mounts and four rococo scroll feet. The base is a chased floral panel worked over an engine-turned ground. The silvering has worn and tarnished with age and the brass shows through at the hinge and the high points, as it does on almost every casket of this type and date. The hinged lid closes flush on a clasp that is still tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside is the original silk plush lining, matted and darkened to a soft gold over the years but complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe casket measures 90mm long by 60mm wide by 75mm high. It carries no maker's mark, which is usual for the type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound and complete, and a good deal harder to find with its feet, glass and lining all intact than the plain versions that come up more often.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Estate Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903893852499,"sku":"CI-0028","price":275.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/french-bevelled-glass-jewel-casket-etched-grapevine-c-1890-1.jpg?v=1788989592","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/french-bevelled-glass-jewel-casket-etched-grapevine-c-1890","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}