Description
Magnificent historicism jewelry box with Watteau decoration from KPM Berlin Rectangular, cambered body on all sides with a curved, rising hinged lid. The wall and lid decorated with rocaille-shaped relief cartouches in gold on a pale yellow ground. Inside, on a white ground, scenic depictions of courtly couples in a tree-lined park landscape, so-called absorbent cotton figures, in polychrome painting. Elaborate, profiled and partly open-worked Neo-Rococo bronze mounting of c-arched rocaille and cartouche work, fully sculpted cherubic appliqués and imposing lid crowning with ball finial. Model no. 3476, yellow lining. Shield-like keyhole, without hollow spike key. Sceptre mark. H. 27 cm. 26 cm x 18 cm. A splendid bronze-mounted Historism porcelain jewellery case painted with Watteau decor. Sceptre mark. KPM-Berlin. After 1870.
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Magnificent historicism jewelry box with Watteau decoration from KPM Berlin Rectangular, cambered body on all sides with a curved, rising hinged lid. The wall and lid decorated with rocaille-shaped relief cartouches in gold on a pale yellow ground. Inside, on a white ground, scenic depictions of courtly couples in a tree-lined park landscape, so-called absorbent cotton figures, in polychrome painting. Elaborate, profiled and partly open-worked Neo-Rococo bronze mounting of c-arched rocaille and cartouche work, fully sculpted cherubic appliqués and imposing lid crowning with ball finial. Model no. 3476, yellow lining. Shield-like keyhole, without hollow spike key. Sceptre mark. H. 27 cm. 26 cm x 18 cm. A splendid bronze-mounted Historism porcelain jewellery case painted with Watteau decor. Sceptre mark. KPM-Berlin. After 1870.
