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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 340782, member: 5833&quot;]The dimensions are similar to this <a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/boxes/decorative-boxes/1960s-art-deco-style-french-silver-cigar-cigarette-box-cartier/id-f_7608803/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/boxes/decorative-boxes/1960s-art-deco-style-french-silver-cigar-cigarette-box-cartier/id-f_7608803/" rel="nofollow">Cartier box</a>, which seller says was for cigarettes.&nbsp; The little wingless figures are called putti (one is a putto), although the ones on the top, demonstrating the arts, might also be seen as geniuses (or genii).&nbsp; The compass is the little architect&#039;s tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even without wings, hard not to see the little guys chasing butterflies as allusions to Cupid &amp; Psyche.&nbsp; My favorite bit is that they go off to the fields to hunt, only to be routed by some temperamental storks, which are bigger than they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>For French decorative arts, I always think [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] who may know more about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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