Oval jewellery box from gilded bronze, with porcelain miniature of making arrows, on the lid, framed by stones. It depicts cupids forging arrows for a young lady. To whom the arrows are addressed: a young man who will be chained to a girl, or for herself to excite an unyielding heart - it is up to the viewer to decide.
Material: Gilded bronze, ID: 1299
Condition: Good
measurements
Height:
3.3 cm
Width:
9 cm
Depth:
7.5 cm
Weight:
0.3 kg
measurements
declaration
Antiqon has clarified that the Oval Jewellery Box (LA494947) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 19th Century