French Porcelain and Gilt Brass Jewelry Casket with Figural Scene, Signed Rochette Circa 1890–1910 and luminous treatment of the

and luminous treatment of the human form—qualities that are all strongly present here

The figures carry a softness and sentimentality characteristic of early to mid 19th century European genre studies

almost contemplative presence

A beautiful Victorian writing slope

French Porcelain and Gilt Brass Jewelry Casket with Figural Scene, Signed Rochette Circa 1890–1910 and luminous treatment of theFrench Porcelain and Gilt Brass Jewelry Casket with Figural Scene, Signed Rochette Circa 18901910 A beautifully detailed late 19th to early 20th century French jewelry casket, centered with a hand painted porcelain plaque depicting a romantic figural scene of a reclining woman attended by cherubs, framed within a rich turquoise ground and elaborate gilt decoration. The plaque is signed Rochette, and shows the soft painterly quality associated with