A French ormolu jewel box with a signed miniature, 19th century, the cartouche shaped box with engine turned and neoclassical stiff leaf borders, the engine turned lid dotted with myriad stars centred with a faintly signed portrait medallion of a woman in 18th century dress, with applied motifs and thread and ribbon twist borders, the interior lined in red velvet, height 4 cm, length 13 cm, width 9.5 cm