Late 19th C French Palais Royal Opaline Egg Casket Vintage

Late 19th C French Palais Royal Opaline Egg Casket VintageWhite Royal Palais Opaline Egg Casket with Bronze on White Marble Base Late 19th C French egg form opaline glass casket, mounted in ormolu (gilt bronze) Set on white marble base Palais Royal or Napoleon III table ornament popular in Paris 1860 1880 Vine and leaf motifs symbolizing abundance and nature's renewal

mocking jumble

Organic gorms

late 18th–early 19th century

Branch like moldings and foliate swag

Glass cloches/ display domes

No visible signature on the front

alongside other notable booksellers like Longman and Baldwin

Framed Portrait Miniature #4 - Woman in Powdered Wig and Pink

Framed black chalk on paper drawing

frame design consistent with 1850-1880 (this piece likely 1860-1885)

remnants of original paint and gilding

watering can