PARIS circa 1845 Oval hand mirror in silver, partly gilded, complete with its Beauté glass, adorned with ten cabochon garnets. The handle features a squirrel seemingly chasing a lizard, while two birds face each other around the mirror. It is topped by two putti stealing three garnets placed in the center of the composition. The reverse is engraved with ivy branches framing a central medallion. Goldsmith: in full on the reverse FROMENT-MEURICE Gross weight: 145 g - height: 18.5 cm - width: 8.6 cm Stamped with boar's head Condition: minor wear to the vermeil, one of the two birds is missing. This mirror, typical of Froment-Meurice's Romantic models, was exhibited at the Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris in 2003, as part of the exhibition TRESORS D'ARGENT, Les Froment-Meurice orfèvres romantiques parisiens. Reproduced in the catalog on page 47.