Bronze gilded aroma box with porcelain inlay in the Sevres style. The end of the 19th century

A small aroma box is made of gilded bronze with a porcelain container placed in this frame (case), painted with images of hoopoes in two cartouches. The porcelain container is made in the form of a cylinder with an extension upwards. Hand-painted birds (hoopoes) are made, in oval cartouches, with polychrome paints on a traditional blue background, in the tradition of the Sèvres manufactory. The frame of the fragrance holder is made of cast, hammered bronze with decorative three-dimensional details in the form of heads of angels and fantastic animals. The case rests on a flat cruciform pedestal and is closed with a lid with holes along the plane and with an elegant handle in the center. Bronze, casting, embossing, gilding. Porcelain, hand-painted polychrome. France, late 19th century. Height - 18 cm, width - 13 cm, container diameter - 9.5 cm.