Circa 1900, the lozenge shaped box is composed of a cobalt porcelain base decorated with gilt enamel floral sprays, the oval lid has a semi-nude portrait of a young beauty, after Angelo Asti, set within a gilt metal mount. The underside of the box bears the Volkstedt mark, the plaque likely produced at KPM. Indistinct signature lower right.

2.75 x 6 x 4 in.

Estate of Connie Van Pelt, Fond du Lac, WI

Sticker on bottom reads "Brought from Vienna in 1909..." Original foil label also on bottom.

Wear to interior of gilt metal; stain to silk lining of lid.

$300 - 500