A black velvet jewellery casket with the French royalty emblem embroidered on the top 8cm tall petrol spirit can It may well have come

It may well have come from a larger piece but stands alone as a really sweet piece

in the 1840s

Here we have a vintage English silver plated three piece Ianthe Condiment Set

The surface is coated in a green glaze over a pale ground

was the father of Sir Frank Dicksee (18531928)

A black velvet jewellery casket with the French royalty emblem embroidered on the top 8cm tall petrol spirit can It may well have comeHere we have a black velvet jewellery casket with the French royalty emblem embroidered on the top 8cm tall The fleur de lis has been used by French royalty ever since the Franks united under a single ruler, King Clovis I. When Clovis was crowned, an ampulla with a fleur de lis insignia was used to anoint him as king. As time went on, the symbol came to represent the French monarchs divine right to rule. Since then, the fleur de lis has appeared on