A FRENCH ORMOLU, IRON AND IVORY GOTHIC REVIVAL JEWELRY CASKET

This 15th century-inspired iron strapwork casket is one of two jewelry boxes of this design retailed by Maison Giroux in the last quarter of the 19th century, an example of which is illustrated in D. Kisluk-Grosheid, 'Maison Giroux and its 'Oriental' Marquetry Technique', Furniture History: The Journal of The Furniture History Society, 1998, Vol. 34, p. 166. While the model was available in Ferdinand Duvinage's patented mosaïque métallique (described in the previous lot), Kisluk-Grosheid speculates that two versions were "produced in other luxurious materials...in order to broaden the appeal of the firm's wares" (ibid, p. 162).