Boîte à bijoux en métal argenté - Jewellery box - The Shepherd and the Nest offered - Copper - After François Boucher

Old silvered metal jewelry box – Decor inspired by François Boucher – Circa 1900

Elegant antique jewelry box of oval shape, in silvered metal, dating from the late 19th century or early 20th century, around 1900.

Its lid features a delicate pastoral scene finely engraved, inspired by the work “Le Berger et le Nid offert” by the French painter François Boucher (1703-1770), famous representative of the Rococo style.

The surround is richly adorned with floral motifs and scrolls on a guilloché background, in the Louis XV taste.

Box resting on small decorative feet, with hinged lid.

Period: around 1900.

Provenance: France.

Condition: good overall state of conservation, with signs of use, patina and wear to the silvering, notably on the inside. See photographs.