A French parcel-gilt silver and enamel casket, Jean-Valentin Morel, Paris, circa 1845

Rectangular, on four winged lion supports, the arcaded sides decorated with putti boys representing hunting, winemaking, farming, and fishing, against arabesques of dark blue champlevé enamel, repeated on the cover below a group of a mother with two children.

20cm, 7¾in. wide

1383gr., 44½oz total