Antique Gilt Metal and Mother-of-Pearl Vanity Dish with Integrated Ring Stand Vintage

Antique Gilt Metal and Mother-of-Pearl Vanity Dish with Integrated Ring Stand VintageAdditional Description: An exquisitely decorative antique vanity dish, featuring a luminous mother of pearl shell bowl cradled within an ornate gilt metal frame of scrolling Rococo inspired design. The iridescent shell displays soft rainbow tonespink, gold, and lavendershifting beautifully in the light, while the surrounding mount is richly cast with scrolling acanthus and foliate motifs. Rising above the dish is a built in ring or jewelry stand,

Idealized Northern Renaissance setting

Threaded interior shows expected wear from previous attachment to a shaft

Its proportions make it well suited for a portrait

Foliate scrollworking with hearldic shield

Materials: Solid carved oak

Mid-19th C French Boulle style glove or jewelry box

Windsor chairs originated in England in the early 18th century and became widely popular in both Britain and America

Such signatures were often applied by decorators working for porcelain ateliers or studios producing luxury decorative wares in the Sèvres revival style during the late 19th century

Personalized bookplates (ex libris) such as the one for Arvid Frisell were commonly used by collectors and academics to mark ownership of private libraries

while their master cautiously crosses behind

4 Church Villas

” confirming its origin within the renowned Limoges porcelain tradition