Victorian Enamel "Halcyone" Box

Victorian Enamel "Halcyone" BoxEnamelled silver box dating from the late Victorian period and featuring a woman sitting on a rock in the middle of the sea, her arm outstretch to feed a gannet possibly Halcyone and Ceyx. It's crafted in silver and the enamelling is black and white. According to Greek mythology, Alcyone (aka Halcyon(e) or Alkyne) and her husband, King Ceyx of Trachis, incurred the wrath of Zeus for their romantic hubris. From Wikipedia: "According to Pseudo

The combinations are endless (not literally

while the latter tells the story of a group of people stranded in a valley full of spiders

up there with the Ankh

Experimentation with different colouring agents eventually led to the discovery that added vanadium would not only give a rich

along with French import marks to the outer band (post-1926)

or the other with a silver wave over a turquoise blue sky

Whereas the Greeks saw Ares to be primarily a destructive and destabilising force to the extent that he was often treated with revulsion and contempt

Some minor scuffs and nibbles to the stones visible under magnification

and Single Cut Diamonds (0

however this one has a unique tiered design

Delightfully chunky

Size closed (without bail): 15