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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3877151, member: 111&quot;]This box, with its lining gone and the lock damaged, shows it&#039;s cast (the base on yours is integral to the design, and cast rather than applied as on this one):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/254826870112" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/254826870112" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/254826870112</a></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9h4AAOSwU91aZkni/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one appears to have a lock similar to yours, described as being marked &#039;MADE IN FRANCE&#039;:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/100910334_louis-xv-style-gilt-bronze-jewelry-trinket-box" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/100910334_louis-xv-style-gilt-bronze-jewelry-trinket-box" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/100910334_louis-xv-style-gilt-bronze-jewelry-trinket-box</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]320130[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This piece, cast by the Léopold Oudry foundry in Paris, design by French artist Théophile Hingre (would love to own this piece) - gilt and silverplated bronze, has&nbsp; texture on the background, and a very similar interior, but no lock:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/62380236_leopold-oudry-jewelry-casket" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/62380236_leopold-oudry-jewelry-casket" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/62380236_leopold-oudry-jewelry-casket</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]320131[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]320132[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An Oudry box that appears to have a similar lock:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/french-19th-century-l-oudry-dre-edite-jewelry" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/french-19th-century-l-oudry-dre-edite-jewelry" rel="nofollow">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/french-19th-century-l-oudry-dre-edite-jewelry</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]320128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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