4 dragée boxes with "verre églomisé" hand-coloured engraved miniature.

D. between 8 cm and 16 cm, gilt brass rim, gilt embossed paper on sides (water stains inside box 1, some sl. marg. spotting on box 2, sm. marg. chip on box 3, very min. traces of use). Nice condition.

1. Jesus with Martha and Mary. Signed "Debaise", probably Louis-Joseph Debaise, established in Paris, who registered a patent "pour un genre de peinture sur verre" in 1852 (ref. Bull. des lois de la République française, 1854, XI:455). - 2. 17th century wedding scene. - 3. Couple in a boat in Troubadour costume, with woman playing lute and man with a small dog. - 4. Grape picker woman with hunting scene in background.