This round lidded tin box is one I have held onto for a while...and I have never come across another one quite like it!The intricate design is pressed into what I believe to be lead, or a softer such metal, and then attached [glued?] onto the plain tin surface of the top and around the sides. Tiny milky "pierre de lune" [moonstones] are set in the center of the flowers like glistening drops of dew...
19th century, possibly one-of-a-kind homemade, found in a brocante outside Paris
[17 cm in diameter x 4 cm high]
CAD/US$400/Euros280
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This Paris souvenir box in plated silver needs a little polishing, but I love the way it has discoloured to a goldy sheen...The date "1918" is etched above the crest of Paris and "Souvenir de Paris" is etched below the laurel branches.
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[10 cm in diameter x 4 cm high]
CAD/US$300/Euros200
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