Description
A 19th century French Cloisonné perfume burner mounted with gilt bronze elements.
The cloisonné, also called lustre of Byzantium, is a technique of artistic decoration in enamel, in which thin wires or cells (called in French cloisonné) are welded to a plate of support of the work to be built; later, in the areas detected by the metal, enamel is poured, thus obtaining a sort of mosaic whose tiles are precisely circumscribed by the metal strips. The refined decoration of this perfume burner has a blue and teal background with polychrome floral motifs.
Height: 19 cm. Diameter: 20 cm (including handles).
Condition: good condition, wear due to age and use.