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. 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