Vintage Millefiori Bag Box – Caramy Art Treasures – France
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A charming small oval box, from Trésors d'Art du Caramy, in the South of France. Its vintage label is still preserved on the reverse, directly linking this piece to its origin. It belongs to those refined small accessories that one used to slip into a handbag or place on a dressing table. A pillbox, a small jewelry box, or a case for a few precious trinkets, it is a testament to an era when even the most modest accessories were conceived as genuine decorative objects. Its lid is particularly captivating. Beneath its domed surface, a millefiori glass composition appears, made from a multitude of small colored sections assembled into floral patterns. The orange, red, white, and brown tones form a genuine small mosaic, highlighted by the gilded metal frame. The reverse, crafted with a radiating pattern, still bears its old label "Trésors d'Art du Caramy – France." The Caramy is a Provençal river in the Var department, notably crossing the territory of Provence Verte. This indication gives the box a lovely regional dimension and evokes the decorative objects and novelty accessories offered to travelers and visitors in the South of France during the post-war decades. Inside, the box features a light finish and a small mirror in the base, a detail that confirms its purpose as a feminine handbag or dressing table accessory. The front clasp allows it to be kept carefully closed. A delightful, bright, and colorful French vintage piece, to be used today for a few jewels, rings, small keepsakes, or simply to be left open on a dressing table among other chosen objects.
Additional details:
- Brand: Trésors d'Art du Caramy
- Style: millefiori
- Style: floraux
- Style: mosaïque
- Material: verre millefiori
- Material: métal doré
- Material: miroir
- Colour: brun
- Period: décennies d'après-guerre
Specifications
CategoryDecorative ObjectsConditionVery goodColorsWhite, Gold, Red, Orange, BrownMaterialGlass, MetalStyleVintageSeller locationSaint symphorien des bois, FranceDelivery optionsDelivery or pickup