Real or Repro? French gilt brass and glass casket

I just bought this lovely box from ebay but when I put it together with my other boxes, I start to wonder if this could be an indian reproduction? Cuz I found its photo on an indian website but they don't have the actual image of it.

So you can see the glass appears to be greener than another authentic box, and given the similar size, the claws are less delicate. Also, there's no leather or tin sheet at the back. And most suspicious is the silk pad, a replacement or original to a newly made repro?

But it does have signs of wear and age all over it. It's also missing a hook or something on the lid. Two other boxes with same construction but missing the silk are described as 1900s by the auction house.

 

Lisbeth Dahl?
https://www.dba.dk/andre-samleobjekter-smykke/id-1100053088/billeder/2/

 

Sorry was unable to open that link but with your image I found another seller of the same casket, offering it as 19thcentury so I don't know thank you

 

The one from the link I posted, has a sticker with Lisbeth Dahl and www.lisbethdahl.com, but that page now only has links to other sites .
But on Etsy there are some other items by Lisbeth Dahl, such as this one

 

Other type of box by Dahl on Amazon. The pad seems to have the same pattern as yours.
https://www.amazon.in/Lisbeth-Dahl-Antique-Sateen-Bottom/dp/B007F59MIO

 

Thank you this is very useful find! Now I don't know what to do with my box surprisingly that amazon link says these boxes are manufactured in Denmark? Guess there won't be big difference in price... I was so happy to see it arrived safely across the sea but so dissapointed to find out it's a repro...

 

I was able to pull the photos from that listing showing the sticker.

 

Thank you I paid roughly same price plus shipping(expensive tho), still feeling bitter

 

Lisbeth Dahl is a Danish brand

Here's their Pinterest page pinterest.com/lisbethdahlcph/
No recent activity there, as I'm only seeing pics of 10/11/12 years ago, and it mentions the site that's no longer run by them

 

So the seller offered me £10 off which I guess I'll just accept international returns are too risky. And she's not convinced with my argument...

 

I think that, if it was sold as gilt and it isn't gilt, that would already be enough to report this to Ebay to try to get your money back or a higher discount.

 

Yes, I agree that is better than an international return and hope for a complete chargeback minus the shipping. When I have bought things that were not as expected, I used them as gifts to others.

 

But it’s harder to prove this isn’t gilt and I think ebay would only ask you to return it for full refund if not as described?

 

It’s not a big amount (slightly higher than the price on the tag) anyway so making it a gift sounds great

 

Not exactly the same, but I had kind of a similar purchase:

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/g...ket-thick-beveled-glass-challenge-game.69591/

 

Luckily you eventually returned it. I would fall for this one if I didn’t checked the bottom.

I knew at least four auction houses has sold mine as antique wouldn’t have spot anything wrong if I didn’t have three genuine examples ready for comparison

 

I was honestly surprised there were modern versions of these.

 

Clearly there's a market for these. I know 2 people who bought this type of modern versions ...

 

I knew there were lots of Indian reproductions, but this still tricked me. And even harder to tell if one cannot see it in person.

Some of the repros can be mid 20th century, so qualify for vintage, slightly better than those made last week