{"title":"Boxes \u0026 Caskets","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"french-gilt-bronze-glass-bonbonniere-louis-xvi","title":"Antique French Gilt Brass and Glass Bonbonnière | Louis XVI Style Rose Swag and Basket Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA small French bonbonnière in cylindrical clear glass with pierced gilt brass mounts — the decorative vocabulary entirely Louis XVI: applied rose swag suspending a flower basket pendant on the body, pierced foliate friezes at top and bottom, beaded borders throughout. The hinged lid is a circle of clear glass in a gilt brass frame, opening on a small loop hinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eLate 19th to early turn-of-the-century French production, in the Belle Époque tradition that took Louis XVI vocabulary as its visual language for affordable luxury — dressing-table bonbonnières, jewelry caskets, perfume holders. The pierced filigree mounts are the signature of the period. Honest period gilding with appropriate wear at high points; glass intact; hinge working.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46969918324889,"sku":null,"price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/0_image_picker_A174E0D0-52E3-48D8-8A6C-A647A8E0C18B-48651-00000AF9BB91CCB4-removebg-preview.png?v=1776881725"},{"product_id":"french-gilt-brass-casket-signed-eugene-laurent","title":"Figural Casket, Signed E. Laurent, Tavern Scene Relief, Gold-Painted Cast Metal","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA cast-metal figural casket, the hinged lid worked in high relief with a crowded genre scene of figures in period dress in a tavern or market interior, the relief signed E. Laurent within the composition. The sides carry panels of interlace and scrolling foliage on a finely worked ground, and the interior retains a striped silk lining in rose, gold, and olive. The gold surface appears to be applied paint rather than gilding, with a grayish base metal visible at worn edges, and is likely a later refinish; the base alloy is undetermined. The signature E. Laurent is cast in the relief, but the identity and standing of that hand are not established, and the piece is unmarked as to foundry or country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46973029974169,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/IMG_6587-removebg-preview.png?v=1776881476"},{"product_id":"french-ormolu-glass-vitrine-casket-wax-infant","title":"French Ormolu Glass Vitrine Casket, Wax Infant Figure","description":"\u003cp\u003eA charming and intimate antique French vitrine casket in gilt ormolu with glass panels on all sides — the hinged lid and four sides framed in cast ormolu mounts of Rococo character, foliate scrollwork, and filigree detailing, raised on four elaborately cast cabriole feet. Inside, a small wax figure of the Infant Jesus or a christened child reclines in a nest of original cream silk and aged bobbin lace — gilt-painted hair, painted features, dressed in a period lace garment. The entire ensemble reads as a devotional object, a christening keepsake, or an ex-voto — a category of French religious folk art made throughout the 19th century to commemorate baptisms and first communions.These vitrine caskets were produced in France in significant numbers during the Second Empire and Third Republic periods, intended for domestic altars, dressing tables, and display cabinets. The combination of ormolu casket and original wax figure in complete, undisturbed condition is increasingly rare.A singular cabinet piece for a collector of French religious art, Victorian curiosities, or antique wax figures.Category: Decorative Objects \/ Boxes \u0026amp; Caskets \/ Religious \/ Folk ArtStyle: Napoleon III, Second Empire, French Religious Folk ArtMaterials: Gilt ormolu, glass, wax, silk, lace\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46973107404953,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/0_image_picker_01039361-58FE-46B3-8E4B-1A63A1C4356D-53792-00000CC8D2FC306B-removebg-preview.png?v=1776881353"},{"product_id":"antique-french-napoleon-iii-jewelry-casket-gilt-brass-leather","title":"Antique French Gilt Brass and Leather Jewelry Casket | Napoleon III c.1870","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA French Napoleon III jewelry casket of small scale and considerable detail — a domed-top coffret with deep black leather covering the lid, dark green leather panels inset behind pierced gilt brass openwork on the front, back, and sides. The metalwork is in the Renaissance Revival taste of the Second Empire: floral garland borders, anthemion and trefoil ornaments, beaded edging, scrolled corner mounts. Sits on four bun feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe dome opens to reveal an olive green silk velvet interior, period to the casket, with a small ridge handle at the top of the lid. Made in Paris during the Second Empire (c.1860–1880), when ladies' jewelry caskets of this construction — leather paneling caged in pierced ormolu — were produced in significant numbers by the Parisian \u003cem\u003eboîtiers\u003c\/em\u003e who supplied the great houses. A handsome small piece of vanity ware, complete and ready to use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069085270169,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/IMG_7101.jpg?v=1777938384"},{"product_id":"french-cave-a-liqueur-napoleon-iii-tantalus-gilt-brass","title":"French Cave à Liqueur, Napoleon III, Gilt Brass and Beveled Glass with Crystal Decanters","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA French cave à liqueur of the Napoleon III period, circa 1860–1880. The cave à liqueur — sometimes called a \u003cem\u003etantalus\u003c\/em\u003e in English — was a fixture of the Second Empire dining room: a decorative locked case housing crystal decanters and cordial glasses, brought to the table after dinner to serve cognac, eau-de-vie, or fine liqueur. The form is one of the most characteristic objects of mid-19th century French entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis example is gilt brass with beveled glass panels on four sides, a hinged top, and a mirrored base that reflects the contents. The case displays the standard Second Empire decorative vocabulary: egg-and-dart cornice molding, foliate cast ornament throughout the framework, and four acanthus scroll feet. The interior fitted brass rack holds four spiral-threaded crystal decanters with faceted ball stoppers and gilt collars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOf the fourteen cordial glasses included, eight are original to the set — matched to the decanters by their spiral threading and gilt rims — and six are later replacements in a different pattern, added at some point during the set's life. Disclosed plainly here rather than buried in fine print; the eight original glasses still anchor the set, and the six replacements remain serviceable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDimensions: 11.5 × 11.5 × 9.5 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCondition: Good. Case structurally sound, gilt brass intact with light age-appropriate wear, all glass panels intact and unbroken, hinged top operates correctly, mirrored base in good condition. Decanters and original glasses without chips. Replacement glasses serviceable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355872444569,"sku":null,"price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/IMG_8130.jpg?v=1778586777"}],"url":"https:\/\/valleyhouseantiques.com\/collections\/boxes-caskets.oembed","provider":"Valley House Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}