Featured french wood box

hi guys
ive posted this before but still dont know quite the connection to the artist, age or use

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/lovely-old-french-wood-box-interesting-shape.54366/

any help muchos appreciated

charlie

 

hey Charles...why didn't u just bump the old thread?
that way we'd have a handle on what was already noted....
just sayin,,,,

 

there's nothing to add. the owner of this probably small gift shop that also processed photographies and photographic plates has most probably nothing to do with the artist.

 

No proof, just some observations -
"After studying the law and medicine, Barrère turned to illustrating"....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Barrère

Among his posters is one of "The Mistletoe Seller"


The plant painted on your box looks like it might be mistletoe:


Mistletoe was used in herbal medicine, and your box is in the shape of some used by herbalists:

https://www.proantic.com/en/display.php?id=425733

 

Brilliant Thanks for the ideas tmb, I'll look into that, it was the shape I was most curious about as I was finding it hard to describe

 

This one seems quite similar in shape, stated as apothecary as well

https://www.selency.nl/product/YY61...ery-large-herbal-ishecary-apothecary-box.html

 

Try "hourglass" for shape.