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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barn Owl, post: 9742488, member: 4864&quot;]Hey everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this box from a French seller a while back ($2000 covid splurge lol). He said that his father acquired it at a Paris auction in the &#039;80s. It&#039;s a stunning box with genuine cameos, pearls, black amber, turquoise, and garnets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I searched everywhere with a loupe. The only marking are the numbers 511-302 engraved on the bottom by hand. Sadly a little damage to the front copper panel, bit otherwise it&#039;s in fabulous condition. Even the velvet is remarkably preserved.</p><p><br /></p><p>This thing is monstrous at 9.37 lbs. It&#039;s 9.65 inches long, 8.07 inches wide, and 7.48 inches tall.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it must be Austro-Hungarian when I bought it since I own smaller AH jewelry pieces with that turquoise-pearl-garnet combo, but I&#039;m wondering if it might actually be French (Limoges enamel based on Jean Toutin, maybe?).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]476874[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]476877[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]476875[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]476876[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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