French Gilt Metal Casket and Silver Plated Cigarette Box

An antique French gilt metal jewellery casket and a vintage…
click the photo to enlarge
An antique French gilt metal jewellery casket and a vintage silver plated, cigarette box, late 19th century to mid 20th century, a gilt metal box cast as a Louis XVI style cabinet, the original red silk, lining to the interior, and a cigarette box with scrolling floral motifs, upon a textured ground, with a kite shaped armorial to the lid, yacht motif, mark underside, height 12 cm, length 14.5 cm, width 9.5 cm and smaller

You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.

Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item

When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.
  • Armorial / Armourial - Bearing a coat of arms. Coats of arms came into general use by feudal lords and knights in in the 12th century, and by the 13th century, arms had spread beyond their initial battlefield use to become a flag or emblem for families in the higher social classes of Europe. They were inherited from one generation to the next. When a family crest is used on individual items of silver or furniture it is an indicator of the aristocratic standing of the family represented.

    Armorials were also used to decorate mass produced ceramic souvenir ware by such companies as Goss, Carlton & Shelley, and in these cases the coats of arms displayed were of boroughs and cities.

This item has been included into following indexes:

Visually similar items

A Royal Copenhagen faience vase

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Brass double inkwell

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A fine Chinese porcelain vase, rectangular section, the front and back panels finely detailed with scenes of the Guilin Mountains, calligraphy to the side panels, the body with fine textured ray skin finish highlighted with relief gilt scrolls, bats and au

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A decorative brass cased carriage clock, with cream enamel dial with blue Arabic numerals, flanked by wrythen fluted pilasters, conforming wrythen handle, bevelled glass panels. With leather case and key. Height 11 cm

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.