#45

French Vitrine with Wedding Mementoes
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$450
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11" x 10" (28 x 25 cm). A wood-framed miniature vitrine with rich metal filigree decorations has curved front glass and side glasses, and an interior lined with rich red velvet and folded silk centering a beveled glass mirror. Posed on the inside is a red silk tufted cushion, and there are 22-karat gold-plated decorations including two roses with leaves, and two doves with wreaths of harmony. Arranged on the cushion is the bride's tiara-shaped coronet of tiny wax orange blossoms centering glass bead and crystal decorations. A trailing vine of wax wild flowers is below the cushion, and the bride's wrist bouquet and wax blossom earrings are also included. Posed in the center is a pain de mie figural of the bride. Perfectly preserved. French, circa 1890.