Antique French Pietra Dura & Bronze Jewelry Casket, Box, Painted Marble shoes but the one you see

but the one you see has not only all the pieces

he would show fangs

We had a similar piece a few years back

no chip for cracks

Are these just about as scrumptious as can be

Antique French Pietra Dura & Bronze Jewelry Casket, Box, Painted Marble shoes but the one you seeA rather unusual presentation for a heavy marble casket, since we usually think of pietra dura caskets of marble marquetry like those done in Italy. But this is heavy slab marble set into a generous framework of bronze or brass bronze alloy, yet the panels have been deeply incised and then painted in the recesses. It is a rather unique handling I have not run across before this one. It's a real beauty, however, and is large in scale like the large