TAHAN, Paris: Antique Bressan or Severs Kiln-fired Enamel Jewelry Box, Casket bread "By Abbye Barthelemy

"By Abbye Barthelemy

awaiting her next owner

Quite charming

I've cleaned this one up and given the old wood a polish

The fact that the tray and both decanters

TAHAN, Paris: Antique Bressan or Severs Kiln-fired Enamel Jewelry Box, Casket bread "By Abbye BarthelemyThis is a gorgeous old early mid 1800s kiln fired enamel box from enamelists working in the decorative arts community surrounding that of the old Sevres porcelain works or perhaps similar workshops of Bresse (Bressan). The processes are very much the same, really, and a dual industry emerged in this distinct decorative style by the 1800s. They are NOT Manufactory du Sevres items, but from the village artisans, much as the enamels of Limoges emerge in