Antique French Gilt Brass Cloisonne Chinoiserie Champleve Jewelry Box Casket, 1880 Sculpture Favrile" with an engraved signature

Favrile" with an engraved signature to the outer rim of the base

This cabinet is of the very highest quality a superlative example of Shibayama work

which we believe is for the artist Kizan

red iron oxide glazes and heightened with gilded decoration

the arched top is mounted with a gilt bronze head of a cherub

Antique French Gilt Brass Cloisonne Chinoiserie Champleve Jewelry Box Casket, 1880 Sculpture Favrile" with an engraved signatureA 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