Bronze Ormolu and Ivory Lozenge Box
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- Height:
1 3/8 Inches - Depth:
3 1/8 Inches - Period:
19th Century - Origin:
Other Europe
A delicately hand-painted ivory portrait graces the lid of this charming bronze ormolu box. Crafted in an elegant lozenge shape, this Rococo-style box is also adorned with exceptional applied and hand-cast decoration. Ivory painting was practiced in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and America for keepsake portraits. Painted on thin, semi-translucent pieces with watercolor or tempera paints and either sable- or marten-hair brushes, usually under a magnifying glass, these paintings displayed colors that had a velvet quality, which was often enhanced, on the thinner ivories, by the glow produced by a gold leaf or tinted backing.
Circa 1850
5 1/2" length x 3 1/8" deep x 1 3/8" high
Circa 1850
5 1/2" length x 3 1/8" deep x 1 3/8" high
