{"product_id":"empire-style-lidded-glass-box-in-31753","title":"Empire Style Lidded Glass Box in Silver-Tone and Gilt Metal Mount, Muse with Lyre, Palmettes and Paw Feet","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Muse with her lyre steps across the glass of this small lidded box, framed by palmettes and standing on lion's paws. It carries the whole vocabulary of Empire design in a piece you can hold in two hands. It is a small, finely detailed classical ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA clear glass cylinder sits inside an openwork metal mount with a leaf-and-bead band at the rim, a patterned band at the base and small lion-paw feet. Applied to the front is a gilt figure of a draped female musician holding a lyre, flanked by palmette mounts. A domed lid with leaf ornament rises to a tall finial. The figure with a lyre is a Muse, one of the goddesses of the arts in Greek myth. Empire designers borrowed such figures from ancient reliefs and applied them to everything from clocks to caskets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box is in very good vintage condition. The glass liner lifts out, so the box is easy to clean and use. On a sideboard it holds sweets or sugar, and on a dressing table it keeps cotton, jewelry or small keepsakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe object: a clear glass cylinder in a silver-tone and gilt metal mount, with a Muse figure, palmettes, paw feet and a domed lid with finial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Height 17 cm (6.7 in) including finial · Diameter 9 cm (3.5 in) — about the height of a large mason jar\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: clear glass, silver-tone and gilt metal\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: Empire style\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good vintage condition\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59638123463001,"sku":"LM-V-481","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8649142079_f9vc.jpg?v=1790776758","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/empire-style-lidded-glass-box-in-31753","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}