"Bressans Enamel Jewelry Box With Gilded Bronze Mount, Signed Tahan à Paris 19th Century"
Large box (20 cm The frame is in finely chiseled gilded bronze, resting on four leafy scrolled feet. This box has its key, the padded interior is original with normal wear. It is signed TAHAN PARIS. Jean Pierre Tahan (1813 - 1892) is the heir to a line of Parisian cabinetmakers and worked at 11, bld des Italians from 1866 to 1878. Specialized in the production of tableware: boxes, boxes... and small furniture, supplier of Napoleon III Exclusively made in Bourg en Bresse, Bressan enamels are a decorative art very fashionable in the 19th century. Tradition dates the origin of the technique back to the 16th century.