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Julie Cartwright Antiques has dated this Opaline Glass Egg Casket to the 1880s.
The cranberry glass discoidal body mounted with a foliate bronze hinged lid. The scent bottle nestled in a pale duck-egg blue satin liner. The white opaline egg casket with an ormolu hinge mount. The egg mounted on a wirework stand with openwork handles. The wirework base raised on four legs. A rare and gorgeous item.
Palais Royal is a term used to describe, not a single manufacturer, but to a name given to a small area around the Royal Palace that specialised in producing small elaborate works of art and gifts in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Casket Dimensions:
Height: 7cm / 2.5 inches.
Length: 9.5cm / 3.4 inches.
Depth: 7cm / 2.5 inches.
Scent bottle dimensions:
Height: 4.2cm / 1.5 inches.
Diameter: 3cm / 1.2 inches.
Depth: 0.5cm / 0.2 inches.
Condition:
Very good.
Delivery:
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Postage UK: £5 Royal Mail Tracked 24.
Postage USA (including US import duties): £45.00
Postage overseas: £25 International Signed For.
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Julie Cartwright Antiques has dated this Opaline Glass Egg Casket to the 1880s.
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Rare 19th C. French Palais Royal Cranberry Glass Scent Bottle in Opaline Glass Egg Casket, Circa 1880
