Fine Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Francis Clarke Birmingham 1841 Drawings & Prints Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Plate

it portrays a lavish interior with a beautiful young woman in period costume holding a colorful parakeet in a cage which is being curiously inspected by her trusty greyhound dog

117 cm X 98 cm X 12 cm

Below is a single door with satinwood inlay

the ends having incised carved decoration and acanthus leaf brackets

Fine Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Francis Clarke Birmingham 1841 Drawings & Prints Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty FamilleA very early Victorian sterling silver gilt viniagrette by Francis Clarke, Birmingham, 1841. This very nice vinaigrette is in fine condition with an engine turned top, engraved with a shield shaped vacant cartouche (no monogram),the back of the case also with 'rope twist' engine turned decoration. The hinged lid with a floral clasp enclosing an interior engraved gilt hinged cover, to receive a sponge that would hold a fragrance as an antidote to the