A giltmetal-mounted Sevres-pattern dark-blue-ground porcelain casket

PAINTED BY VIGIER, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A giltmetal-mounted Sevres-pattern dark-blue-ground porcelain casket
Painted by Vigier, Second half 19th Century
Of serpentine shape with rope-twist border and shell clasp, the richly-gilt top decorated to the centre with a panel depicting a couple dancing in a landscape, with musicians and other seated figures, the sides each painted with a riverscape within reed border, the interior decorated with sprays of flowers
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.6 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) deep