Offered by SeblAntic
Gold eyeshadow and parch box.
It is rectangular in shape.
It opens with hinges in opposite directions on two lids.
The first reveals two compartments, one hinged to put the eyeshadow, or the rouge, another to house its small brush, present.
The second allowed to put the patches.
The two lids have their original mirror.
The box is entirely enameled in royal blue under a guilloche of waves and dots.
The borders are decorated with green leaves and white enamel pearls, on a sandblasted gold background.
The small brush takes up the same decoration.
It has the hallmarks of the master goldsmith Pierre-Innocent Zurich, received in 1780
Charge and Discharge of 1780-1789
Jurande P for 1784
Dimensions : 4,5 cm X 4,2 cm X 2 cm
Similar boxes are kept at the Metropolitan Museum Inventory number 17.190.1167 and at the Louvre Museum
See the last 2 pictures
