Fine Antique 19th Century French Floral Marquetry Jewelry or Watch Box, Ivory, Mother of Pearl Costume but it's exactly as we've

but it's exactly as we've found it and we'll leave the decision to its next owner

exquisitely detail in the hand carved adornment over the entire face including two magnificent winged griffin or gryphon figures and in wonderful condition

Very much to the Fauve or Fauvist aesthetic

It is a largish snuff

But this is heavy slab marble set into a generous framework of bronze or brass/bronze alloy

Fine Antique 19th Century French Floral Marquetry Jewelry or Watch Box, Ivory, Mother of Pearl Costume but it's exactly as we'veAn exquisite little treasure, mid 1800s pocket watch or small jewelry box or case, etui, with a finished rosewood interior and marquetry veneer of ivory and dyed mother of pearl in a floral motif. Elegantly finished with a brass pencil edge in heavy brass, and a push button opener that engages 2 pins. Definitely a one of a kind bespoke box, I've never seen another worked quite like this, in all my many decades of buying and museum wandering similar,