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UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THIS EXCEPTIONAL 19TH C. FRENCH PORCELAIN HINGED DRESSER / VANITY BOX MEASURING AN IMPRESSIVE 8.5\" LONG BY 3.5\" WIDE WITH AN ELEGANT CRESCENT ELONGATED SHAPE. MANUFACTURED IN FRANCE BY CHOISEY-LE-ROY AND RETAILED THROUGH THE PRESTIGIOUS LUXURY JEWELER SPAULDING & CO. (CHICAGO & PARIS). THIS PIECE IS MARKED WITH THE BLUE UNDERGLAZE CROSSSED-SWORDS MARK WITH THE LETTERS E & C ABOVE & BELOW THE MARK. THIS PARTICULAR MARK WAS USED BY CHOISEY-LE-ROY FROM 1786-1886, FOUNDED IN 1786 BY M.CLEMENT . IN 1886 AFTER AN OFFICIAL COMPLIANT BY MEISSEN : CHOISEY-LE-ROY WAS FORofferDEN TO MAKE FURTHER USE OF THE CROSSED=SWORDS MARK.
THE BOX IS DECORATED WITH AN EXQUISITELY HAND-PAINTED CENTRAL VIGNETTE DEPICTING A LOVELY FRENCH COURTING SCENE FRAMED BY RAISED GOLD SCROLLWORK, A SOFT PINK GROUND, AND ENAMEL ACCENTS. THE LOWER BODY IS WRAPPED IN A CONTINUOUS HAND-PAINTED COUNTRYSIDE LANDSCAPE BAND, FITTED WITH ORIGINAL BRASS / GILT-METAL HINGED MOUNTS.
CONDITION: EXCELLENT OVERALL ANTIQUE CONDITION, NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR RESTORATIONS, VERY LITTLE AGE-APPROPRIATE WEAR, HAND-PAINTED SCENES, GOLD AND ENAMEL ACCENTS FULLY IN TACT, HINGES IN TACT, BOX CLOSES TIGHT & SMOOTHLY BUT THE LATCH DOES NOT CATCH.
DIMENSIONS: 8.5\" X 3.5\" IN DIAMETER, 2\" IN HEIGHT.
