This is a some kind of a silver dish. I saw something online that lookied similar to it, the piece that looked similar was a casserole dish.
This piece is 7 inches high...it has a base with 4 small wide feet and two handles on the sides. There is a lid that is larger than base a bubble shape with a small know like handle on top there are flowers engraved in a band around the lid.
When you opent up the dish there is glass piece inside of it that sits about an inch or two above bottom of dish like some kind of seperating piece. Inside the bottom is all engraved with flowers and an angel child.
I don't know anything about this item as I cant find it on the net anywhere. It's just over a foot tall and about the same width. It looks like carnival glass and is hollow. There are no signatures or anything like that on it.
It looks like a stone etching. I have searched the internet and can not find anything like it. The only thing I can think of is it was maybe a template for a lithograph/.
I recently discovered this piece at an estate sale in Houston, Texas. I have done a lot of research and found that the Murano Black Faced Band Clowns are very rare. This particular piece is very colorful with gold detailing on the inside of the body. Am interested in an appraisal and would like to sell this unique treasure.
I don't know much about this item, or where it even came from exactly. It looks a bit oxidized, a bit blackened around some areas. The inside is wood, but the inside lid is the same silver as the outside. It has a scene of an oriental carriage being pulled, and other images, possibly of royalty around the sides. It has the word 'Patent' pressed on the bottom. It also has somewhat of a scaley texture on the bottom, along the lines of snake skin, also in the silver metal.
