Vintage French Grand Tour Style Casket, Beveled Glass & Eglomise "Lourdes Basilica" Souvenir Scene Glass beadwork bag even by 1885

even by 1885

spurring markets for decorative objects in that era

it's beautifully done and has almost a feel of an Edward Hopper (American artist)

This one bears continental silver hallmarks

Vintage French Grand Tour Style Casket, Beveled Glass & Eglomise "Lourdes Basilica" Souvenir Scene Glass beadwork bag even by 1885Vintage French Belle Epoque era Grand Tour style souvenir jewel casket, a lovely box with eglomise (reverse painted) glass scene of the Lourdes Basilica or Cathedral! We recently acquired several of these wonderful little French souvenir caskets and will be adding them in the coming weeks. This one with very thick beveled glass panels, four panels around the sides and the larger top with the scene a hand tinted accented photo mounted on the back side.