A jewelled gold-mounted silver vanity box, probably Jules Challier & Cie., Paris, 🍨circa 1860

oval, the lid decorated with a regular pattern of split-pearls and small rose-cut diamonds in between, the high oxidised silver sides inset with irregular rose-cut diamonds, mounted with gold borders of leaf-tips and ribbon-bound foliage within plain polished rims, plain underside, the interior of the lid fitted with a mirror, maker's mark JC in a vertical lozenge, French post-1918 eagle's head control mark, 

weight: 77.3 g

length 1⅞in.; 4,7cm

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Boite en or sertie de pierres précieuses, probablement Jules Challier & Cie., Pa🐻ris, vers 1860

ovale, le couvercle orné d'un motif de demi-perles et de diamants, les hautes parois en argent oxydé incrustées de diamants, l'intérieur du couvercle muni d'un miroir, marque du fabricant JC dans un losange, poinçon de titre français tête d'aigle postérieur à 1918

weight: 77.3 g

length 1⅞in.; 4,7cm