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Described in the 1689 inventory of the Dauphin’s Cabinet as a vase “in the antique style”, this is an example of the prevailing fashion in the 1680s. The decoration of enamelled leaves in the adornments combines floral motifs covered in enamelling of the same metallic colour with a variety of stones, an aesthetic solution deriving from collections of engravings. The use of cameos serves to lend th
Vessel formed by two pieces of agate, fourteen cameos and three partly enamelled gold mounts. With an ovate profile, its body consists of two counterposed bell-shaped agate bowls joined by a strip of gold with mouldings and overlays of flowers and leaves enamelled in white, with touches of black and purple, red, blue, and translucent green. Alternating with these are upright ovals with ten incrust
