French Second Empire Box
SKU: bx15
$1,000.00Price
Round ivory box decorated with a hand painted miniature portrait of Marie-Antoinette
Likely done after Marie Antoinette d’Autriche by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Under convex original cover glass, encircled with a bronze ring
Indistinctly signed R. D.…
French Second Empire, Napoleon III, 1860 - 1870
Restoration on lid interior corresponding to a fissure of age
Ø 6.4 cm (2” ½)
Height 2.6 cm (1”)