Late 19th C French Ormolu, Beveled Glass and Bamboo Motif Pocket Watch Holder
Late 19th C French Ormolu, Beveled Glass and Bamboo Motif Pocket Watch Holder
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Bamboo and Oval Beveled Glass Pocket Watch Casket
Late 19th C French gilt bronze or ormolu small pocket watch holder ("porte-montre")
Bamboo motif - Uprights and crossbars - a Japonisme-influence Napoleon III motif
Japonisme refers to the fascination and influence of Japenese art, design, and aesthetics on Wester art and decorative arts, espeically in France and Europe during the late 19th C (1860-1900); Japan had just reopened international trade in the 1850s, ending centuries of isolation under the Tokugawa shogunate; Japanese prints, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork flood into Europe, particularly through the Paris Expositions Universelles
Shell crest and Greek-key scrolls at top echo classical end Empire styles
Circa 1880-1900 - Belle Epoque/Napleon III period
Bamboo and Oval Beveled Glass Pocket Watch Casket
Late 19th C French gilt bronze or ormolu small pocket watch holder ("porte-montre")
Bamboo motif - Uprights and crossbars - a Japonisme-influence Napoleon III motif
Japonisme refers to the fascination and influence of Japenese art, design, and aesthetics on Wester art and decorative arts, espeically in France and Europe during the late 19th C (1860-1900); Japan had just reopened international trade in the 1850s, ending centuries of isolation under the Tokugawa shogunate; Japanese prints, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork flood into Europe, particularly through the Paris Expositions Universelles
Shell crest and Greek-key scrolls at top echo classical end Empire styles
Circa 1880-1900 - Belle Epoque/Napleon III period