Antique 5.5" Long French Kiln-fired Enamel Jewelry Box, Original Silk Lining, Napoleon III Era Montesson the surface of the finished

the surface of the finished object had a crackled or cracked-ice effect

The silversmith marks are for Etienne-Auguste Courtois

I have not tested

and in distance you see the Arc de Triomphe

breaks or repairs that I can see to the figures

Antique 5.5" Long French Kiln-fired Enamel Jewelry Box, Original Silk Lining, Napoleon III Era Montesson the surface of the finishedI sold an 8" long box (shown in the final image) this week, and in that process I realized I have 7 8 of them in my display case, not listed at all. No wonder they haven't sold, huh. But I'm working them up, and this is the longest of the bunch at 5. 5". These are truly works of art! Kiln fired enamel, painstakingly worked as muddy mauves to blues as glaze slip, impossible to know what color they will be when the kiln's heat melts the powders into a