
Antique Belle Epoque era French gilt bronze jewelry box featuring a miniature portrait of a lady in a powdered wig wearing a hat edged with roses. The portrait is small rendering of Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe. Housed under glass and signed M. Roy. The box is serpentine shaped, intricately decorated with appliques of scrolling foliage and flowers on a lattice textured ground, edged with a border of roses. The sides decorated with an ornate frieze. Centered by a lock and resting on four feet. Hinged lid opens to reveal a brocaded fabric lined interior. In overall good antique condition with general wear commensurate with age and use, lacking a key to the lock, wear/fraying to the fabric interior. Measures 5 3/8" x 4" x 2".