One Renaissance Revival Jewel Casket

c. 1880

ONE RENAISSANCE REVIVAL JEWEL CASKET (French, c. 1880) of rectangular shape with a hinged lid and purple velvet lined interior. The lid is topped with a seated classical female figure, the lid and body is decorated with Limoges enamel plaques with red and gold designs on a blue ground. Putti figures decorate the four corners and the casket stands on four bracket feet.

French

iron

Limoges enamel

8 1/4" x 13" x 6 1/4"

Bequest of Ms. Florentine Smith, 1979.

PSNC.4630