Antique Brass Repousse Oval Casket - 19cm Height
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A Japanese Kinkozan hexagonal Satsuma vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), decorated with two large panels of birds and flowers, reversed against a gilt decorated midnight blue ground, Kinkozan mark, 29.8 cm high
Antilles', A Lalique frosted glass lidded ice bucket, signed, 26 cm high
An Arts & Crafts copper tea caddy, the exterior decorated with Spanish galleons on the sea, stamped to the side and base with 'Newlyn', the lid with a small swing handle. 15 cm x 12 cm
A Dresden gilt box with raised mythological figures, the interior also with painted landscape, with under glaze blue mark, 6.5 cm high, 7.5 cm wide.