Antique French Napoleon III Bronze Jewelry Casket, Box, Portrait Miniature of Blue Eyed Beauty kiln-fired enamel box use or enjoyment of this

use or enjoyment of this old beauty

Old original French silk passementerie tassel shows some age

I'm unsure of the origin of this one

The pictures show the sterling decoration but accurately showing the engraved decoration on the glass was hard

In any event

Antique French Napoleon III Bronze Jewelry Casket, Box, Portrait Miniature of Blue Eyed Beauty kiln-fired enamel box use or enjoyment of thisFabulous antique French Napoleon III era jewelry casket, a serpentine shaped gilded bronze box with stunning hand painted portrait miniature of a blue eyed beauty! One can only describe it as Rococo Revival, often overlapping with the Napoleon III or Second Empire taste in France. The box casket itself with scrolling rocaille ornamentation, dense floral chasing and repouss work with a curving or serpentine outline and highly decorative, gilded