Antique Erhard and Söhne Ormolu Table Casket with Champlevé Enamel Panels Vintage

Antique Erhard and Söhne Ormolu Table Casket with Champlevé Enamel Panels VintageAdditional Description: An exceptionally ornate late 19th century gilt jewelry casket attributed to Erhard & Shne, richly decorated in the Rococo Revival taste with vivid champlev enamel accents and elaborate cast ornamentation throughout. The casket features a bombe form rectangular body raised on elegant scrolling feet, lavishly adorned with deeply cast foliate scrollwork, mascaron mounts, shell motifs, and scrolling Rococo ornament. The lid and

gilt-metal or gilt brass mounts

The handle shows subtle linear decoration

Over time the brass has developed a warm aged patina

while still operating within the legal culture shaped by Napoleonic reforms

Some later numbered tomes (like IV or VI) were ready for press first

frame possibly later 19th century with subsequent wear and losses

with a rich aged surface and visible hand-finished character

Rendered against a dark atmospheric background

delicately mounted on aged paper with original period labeling

” (engraved by Jacobus Houbraken)

identifying the piece as part of the long-standing Rogers silverplate tradition

hand-sized