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Message:: [QUOTE="R. Antonis, post: 4314984, member: 3943"]Hi everyone!! It's been a long time since I posted here. I have bought an French crystal box in a gilt bronze frame last week.I have bought it at an online auction in Germany. Now I saw it and immediately recognized it as French Empire/Restauration Period.(Ca 1820-1825.) It's a quite small box, It was described as:Spätes 18. Jahrhundert. Dose aus farblosem, mit Kerb- und Waffelschliff geschliffenem Kristall mit vergoldeter Metall- (Silber?) Now I often see auction houses don't really know the right country,age/period, type of glass, etc.   Simply because they can't investigate every item. Now my question is..Would I be wrong? Could this box really be an earlier piece?(Late 18th century, as the auction house mentioned) Also I have no idea why it says "vergoldeter silber" (gilded silver).I haven't had a piece like this before. When was it common to (fire) gilt silver?And how can you tell? I know that most of these boxes (I'm 'specialized' in opaline glass mainly) have gilt bronze mounts. Not gilt silver, as far as I know. By the way.. the pattern/cut of the glass is called 'bamboo'.I guess the cut on the top can be called 'diamond cut'. I haven't received the box yet.Maybe I will post some more pictures of it when I have. Thanks for reading!! [ATTACH=full]351839[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]351840[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]351841[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]351842[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]