"Brown Tortoiseshell Box And Hippocrates Bas Relief By F.morel"
Beautiful rectangular box in brown tortoiseshell, lid decorated with a stamped gilded brass plate signed F.MOREL, representing a bas-relief "Hippocrates refuses the gifts of Artaxerxes".
Gilded brass frame. Gilded metal hinge with punch.
Restoration period, around 1820.
Note: a lack on the casing wall, not visible when closed.
Restoration in our workshop of:
a crack under the stabilized lid and original glass is replaced by a convex rhodoid.
Medicine theme, very beautiful appearance!
Dimensions 9.5cm x 5.9cm x 2cm
Weight 64g