Outstanding Napoleon III Jewel Box April 4th Materials ad Features: sterling silver

Materials ad Features: sterling silver

Paste jewelry is a special type of flint glass that emulates a number of gemstones

These charms were carved to look like animals or symbols and had important symbolic significance

this portrait is assuredly of museum quality

Age/Origin: Egyptian Revival

Outstanding Napoleon III Jewel Box April 4th Materials ad Features: sterling silverEvery jewelry collector knows that there is nothing better than finding a Georgian or Victorian piece of jewelry in its original box. The fitted velvet interior and brightly colored silk lined lid, the quality leather exterior, burnished by age, the makers mark printed inside the lid. And all the wonderful shapes! Leather boxes shaped and molded around its keepsake, sometimes into quite extraordinary designs. Victorian jewelry boxes were quite popular