Like the box by veuve Blerzy, inventory number 5492MC777/ДПИ, this box by Gabriel Raoul Morel is an interesting example of what could be achieved when a Paris goldsmith imitated Geneva production. Although restrained by using only black and white enamels, every surface of this box apart from the interior side and base has received sumptuous decoration, even the hinge mounts and tops of the border scallops. The central reserves are painted en grisaille with flower arrangements, that on the lid bordered by rose diamond ornament and that on the base by architectural motifs and flower filled urns in taille dépargne enamel. As a further visual refinement, the vase of flowers on the lid is executed in shades of grey that harmonise with the silver mounts used for the diamonds, while the floral cluster on the base and the basket of flowers on the inside of the lid are en grisaille flushed with brown that connects with the gold elements of the taille dépargne enamel borders

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