Antique French Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Pin Tray 19th Century

A really beautiful French ormolu, champleve enamel and Sevres porcelain pin tray, Circa 1880 in date.

The ormolu and champleve border is set with a charming hand painted winged cherub on a bleu celeste ground with gilt highlights.

Add this beautiful pin tray to your collection.

Condition:

In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 2 x Width 17 x Depth 9

Dimensions in inches:

Height 1 inch x Width 7 inches x Depth 3 inches

Champlev, in the decorative arts, an enamelling technique or an object made by the champlev process, which consists of cutting away troughs or cells in a metal plate and filling the depressions with pulverized vitreous enamel. The raised metal lines between the cutout areas form the design outline. Champlev can be distinguished from the similar technique of cloisonn by a greater irregularity in the width of the metal lines. After the enamel has annealed and cooled, it is filed with a Carborundum stone file, smoothed with pumice stone, and polished.

Our reference: A1720

Internal Ref:

A1720

Date of manufacture : 19th Century