Was searching for snuff boxes with enamel lids & religious scenes & came across this. Wow! [IMG]...
The depth & shape lead me to think it is for powder or some other use on a lady's vanity table.
La Reine des Bricolageuses!
Or Gina Lollobrigida. [IMG]
I can see an animal there too. It looks more like a dog to me, which would also be consistent with a herdsman, but you're right, it appears there...
It could have been cast from his model any number of times. Depends on what you mean by 'real sculpture.'
Writing on the top edge looks to me like it says ALBERT, upside down & truncated.
I started without. Google suggests I want Vouvray, then gives me wine. Adding & subtracting terms did not help. Maybe I've offended it somehow!...
She could be an oread, a mountain nymph. I have seen similar little boxes described as comfit boxes/bonbonnieres.
Post hoc, sed non ergo propter hoc.
What princess wouldn't want to kiss him?
Looking at recent auction prices for sold pieces that are comparable is exactly what an appraiser would do. With the Internet & the information...
Good finding. Google will not produce anything for me for Vauvray Freres.
Flora & Ceres. Are the other 2 the same 2?
They are probably on posts, the way pearls sometimes are.
The way his legs are crossed does make me think he is being tempted. Maybe just an aged goatherd daydreaming.
It says, in Greek, that it is Aphrodite. If you show me closeups of the medallions, I may be able to ID those. The only one I can see well is...
Here Venus is using a scallop shell as her couch.
You guys have already put it together. Doves & pearls (& nudity) are commonly seen with Aphrodite/Venus. [IMG] Quiver of arrows is correct...
It looks like the lid of a small box, along the lines of the cameo-lidded 'Danbierre' boxes. Definitely not lava; the other 3 she shows with it...
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