Late 19th C Red Velvet Presentation Box with Red Tufted Silk Interior Vintage

Late 19th C Red Velvet Presentation Box with Red Tufted Silk Interior VintageRed Velvet Box with Silver Detailing with Key and Silk Interior Late 19th C French presentation or jewel box Circa 1875 1900 Belle Epoque late Second Empire luxury style Red cut velvet and satin, with silvered brass mounts and tufted interior Rich crimson showing original sheen and pile typical of late 19th c Parisian luxury boxes Silvered brass (nickel sivler or German silver) mounts feature intricate neo Gothic Renaissance revival motifs Decorative

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Construction

Framed Portrait Miniature #15 - Old Lady with Bonnet and Slice

Silk lined interior with three compartments

Painted sheet metal (toleware) with hand-painted floral decoration and gold scrollwork

Engraved brass and beautiful marquetry

"Daughter of the Caliph after Thumann"

meaning the plaque reproduces a known academic or neoclassical composition rather than being an original painting by the artist

Made by Parkins & Gotto London

19th c Continental devotional relief of the Madonna and Child - representing Our Lady of the Pillar or similar crowned Virgin type venerated in Spain

Mid Century (1950s-70s)

The form features scrolling foliate carving above a boldly carved claw-and-ball foot