ANDRÉ FERNAND THESMAR (1843-1912 )Mistletoe, the model designed around [1895] and presented at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900Rare pill box. Proof in soft Sèvres porcelain; the base and the circumference of the lid enamelled in pale blue. The top is decorated with a title made with polychrome enamels semi-translucent cloisonné with gold. The rim of the lid is finished with a rhythmic composition of drops of translucent enamel. The two rings and the hinge in gold. Presented in its original case monogrammed A. B. ( Signed with the monogram A. F. T. in the cabochon of a ladybird in red semi-translucent enamel cloisonné with gold, bears the consignment Fa[.]te for An[..] Barnard 19[..] under the lid. Height : 2,6 cm - Diameter : 5,2 cmProvenance : Private collection, Paris . Bibliography : Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914- Volume V : Objets d'art & Metalware - Edition Antique Collectors' Club, 1998 . Identical model reproduced on page 511.