Fine Antique 19th Century French Floral Marquetry Jewelry or Watch Box, Ivory, Mother of Pearl Costume Very much to the Fauve

Very much to the Fauve or Fauvist aesthetic

But this is heavy slab marble set into a generous framework of bronze or brass/bronze alloy

With a nod to the small age/drying crack on the monogrammed side

It has no ecclesiastical motif

It was thought that red coral had protective qualities

Fine Antique 19th Century French Floral Marquetry Jewelry or Watch Box, Ivory, Mother of Pearl Costume Very much to the FauveAn exquisite little treasure, mid 1800s pocket watch or small jewelry box or case, etui, with a finished rosewood interior and marquetry veneer of ivory and dyed mother of pearl in a floral motif. Elegantly finished with a brass pencil edge in heavy brass, and a push button opener that engages 2 pins. Definitely a one of a kind bespoke box, I've never seen another worked quite like this, in all my many decades of buying and museum wandering similar,