Jewellery chest with the "Fables de la Fontaine"- Gilted copper - ca. 1870-1880

A beautiful antique French jewellery chest with a finely cast decoration of the "Fables de la Fontaine"/ La Fontaine's Fables. Made ca. 1870-1880 in France of finely cast and chiselled gilted copper with very beautiful details. Decorated with three scenes, each from a fable: On the top the "The fox and the crow" (Le corbeau et le renard) , on the front "The Lion and the Mouse" (Le lion et le rat) , on the back "The lion and the gnat" (Le lion et le moucheron) .
. A real work of art, with the original white silk lining.

8,5 cm high
11 cm wide, 7 cm deep

. Good condition with wear to the gilding. A very beautiful and rare 19th century jewellery chest,.