Vintage French .800 Silver Sewing Thimble, Fontaine Fable The Milkmaid & Broken Pitcher of Milk, Farm Scene antique jewelry box this mark was in use

this mark was in use circa 1930

As mentioned

Some scratches on the base of the crystal

Opening to reveal a beveled glass mirror and powder well

He won the first grand prix de Rome in 1870 and stayed at the Villa Medici between 1871 and 1874

Vintage French .800 Silver Sewing Thimble, Fontaine Fable The Milkmaid & Broken Pitcher of Milk, Farm Scene antique jewelry box this mark was in useA charming vintage French . 800 sewing thimble with a highly collectable representing a scene from the La Fontaine fables. The band features a scene from the Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk (La Laitire et le pot au Lait). Also referred to as The Milk Maid, or sometimes, The Broken Picture. It depicts, as the name suggest, a young girl crying over her broken pitcher of milk, the band further decorated with images of a farmyard scene with cows and