An Exceptionally Fine Swiss (probably Geneva) Guilloché Enamel Patch Box, circa 1795–1810 antique French frame Portrait of Madame Desbarolles

Portrait of Madame Desbarolles

and shows very well as it is

including the lock

Notre Dame and other Parisian cathedrals was the similarity of pieces on display there

The genre has more to do with a sort of prayer for the bounty of a meal to be prepared than it does to do with dead things

An Exceptionally Fine Swiss (probably Geneva) Guilloché Enamel Patch Box, circa 1795–1810 antique French frame Portrait of Madame DesbarollesAn exceptionally fine Swiss (probably Geneva) guilloch enamel patch box, circa 17951810, beautifully crafted in silver with traces of its original vermeil. The body is covered in brilliant translucent crimson kiln fired enamel over engine turned guilloch, richly decorated with raised gold scrollwork, tiny hand painted floral reserves, and delicate white enamel accents. The interior retains its original portrait miniature of a fashionable young woman