Antique French Gilt Brass Cloisonne Chinoiserie Champleve Jewelry Box Casket, 1880 Drawings & Prints The table skirts have a

The table skirts have a whimsical feature

when his estate and effects were seized

called the Kharouba

the second table with similar floral decoration with a cat and the last table with a bird

where the Order of Poor Clares moved it in 1257 and have guarded it ever since

Antique French Gilt Brass Cloisonne Chinoiserie Champleve Jewelry Box Casket, 1880 Drawings & Prints The table skirts have aA fine antique 19th century French Chinoiserie gilt brass, Cloisonn and Champlev jewelry box, with a rock crystal top, circa 1880. This exquisite box with a thick chamfered hinged rock crystal lid inset into a gilt brass crenelated bezel, the box with a ball shaped catch closes tightly. The base with a black enamel background is decorated with Champlev Chinese figures; some with butterfly nets, figures juggling blades, musicians and ladies of the