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Made of embossed copper and polychrome champlevé enamel. The body is decorated with a frieze alternating stylised escarboucles and fleur-de-lis discs in fleurons against a turquoise background, with a lapis blue under-glaze. The conical lid features the same alternating motifs. Gilded interior, with a slightly concave base.
France, Limoges, mid-13th century. Total
height: 10.1 cm - Diameter: 6.2 cm
(Signs of wear, minor damage, restoration, cross possibly added later)
– Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, Mes Rheims & Laurin, 19 June 1970, lot no. 4 (illustrated).
– Private collection, Brussels, Belgium.