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A FRENCH ORMOLU, IRON AND IVORY GOTHIC REVIVAL JEWELRY CASKET
Lot 310PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MIDWEST COLLECTION (LOT 310)

A FRENCH ORMOLU, IRON AND IVORY GOTHIC REVIVAL JEWELRY CASKET

BY ALPHONSE GIROUX & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1880

Fermé22 October 2010

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USD 10,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU, IRON AND IVORY GOTHIC REVIVAL JEWELRY CASKET
BY ALPHONSE GIROUX & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1880
Applied overall with pierced strapwork and scrolling foliage, the angles mounted with figures in medieval dress, the velvet-lined interior concealing a spring-activated compartment, the lockplate engraved Alse-Giroux et Cie a Paris
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

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).