Photos don't do justice to this exquisite little 19th century French candy box. I've never seen one like it.
There is so much to say about this box. The top is convex glass. Under the glass, everything is 3-dimentional. There is a gold foil rooster on red glass. There are seed pearls are gold thread; handpainting and handwriting. I can only decipher part of the handwriting which reads, "Mon Amour..." and "chante" which means "chirp." The outside of the box is heavy cardboard. The box measures 2-3/8" in diameter and a little over 1" high.
It's amazing that a treasure this fragile and sweet has survived for so many years.
