19th Century French Gilt Bronze & Champleve Picture Frame & Hand Mirror

This lovely set of a 19th C. French Gilt Bronze and Champleve picture frame and hand mirror are both of excellent quality and finely detailed. The ornate champleve design is decorated in a duck egg blue and creme colour wave. The frame is dated 26th of July, 1896, most probably given as a gift. This set would enhance any dressing table or chest of drawers, in a wide range of settings. the picture frame measures 18 cms wide, 15 cms high and 12 cms in depth. the hand mirror is 30.5 cms in le and 17 cms wide. Champlevé enamel is a decorative technique where recessed cells (troughs) are carved, etched, or cast into a metal surface—typically copper or bronze—and filled with vitreous enamel before being fired and polished. Meaning "raised field" in French, the technique leaves the uncarved metal surface visible as a frame for the colourful glass design. The picture frame is priced at £450 The hand mirror is priced at £350