A FRENCH ORMOLU AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LIQUEUR CASKET
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The frame cast with leaves and set all-over with iridescent shells, the hinged lid surmounted by an associated ormolu figure of cupid and enclosing a removable rack with three hobnail-cut carafes and nine glasses, on a pierced rocaille foot
22 in. (57 cm.) high
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LIQUEUR CASKET
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The frame cast with leaves and set all-over with iridescent shells, the hinged lid surmounted by an associated ormolu figure of cupid and enclosing a removable rack with three hobnail-cut carafes and nine glasses, on a pierced rocaille foot
22 in. (57 cm.) high