Crystal & gilt bronze crystal box

A round box in cut and beveled crystal glass with ornate gilt bronze mounts on the lid. Little glass caskets like this sat on French vanities and held everything from jewelry to love letters to spare buttons, the pretty catch-all every dressing table needed.

The ormolu work is where the value lives, since good French bronze mounting was a trade of its own. The kind of piece that makes a bedside table feel collected rather than decorated. Late 19th to early 20th century.

4" x 4" x 2.5"

Hand sourced in France, September 2026