Offered by Ouaiss Antiquités
A very original crystal, ivory and silver salts flask, oblong shape, with a cut side.the shoulder is covered with an interlacing of flowers and leaves cut in Dieppe ivory.the cap represents a putti reclining or kneeling on a basket of fruits and flowers.the putti is very finely carved.some minor cracks in the ivory. Poincon giraffe head and wild boar: From 1838
Second half of 19th century.