Vintage French Grand Tour Style Casket, Beveled Glass & Eglomise "Lourdes Basilica" Souvenir Scene Glass beadwork bag deep hand painted floral enamel

deep hand painted floral enamel decoration

particularly the pen nib

The elastic ribbons in the inside have seen better days but are intact and

the only way to preserve a likeness was to sit for an artist's original portrait

Note they're worked differently so the owner can choose scent

Vintage French Grand Tour Style Casket, Beveled Glass & Eglomise "Lourdes Basilica" Souvenir Scene Glass beadwork bag deep hand painted floral enamelVintage French Belle Epoque era Grand Tour style souvenir jewel casket, a lovely box with eglomise (reverse painted) glass scene of the Lourdes Basilica or Cathedral! We recently acquired several of these wonderful little French souvenir caskets and will be adding them in the coming weeks. This one with very thick beveled glass panels, four panels around the sides and the larger top with the scene a hand tinted accented photo mounted on the back side.