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Description
4 1/2" (11 cm.) Enclosed under a blown glass dome is a miniature village vignette depicting a house on a hillside, a village seated below, and a reposing lamb under a tree. The base of the dome, appearing to be a solid piece, is banded with decorative papers, and actually separates to form into a candy container box. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1860. Value Points: very rare and utterly charming "hidden secret" glass-domed scene as candy box, likely created by luxury Parisian confiserie.