A French mid 19th century ormolu and porcelain trinket box, the rectangular hinged top with a central painted porcelain panel of a courting couple withing a cast acanthus leaf frame, enclosing a calf skin lined interior, flanked by birds feeding on demi-lune ends with twisted fluted decoration, the front with a scene of a lake and a cottage, raised on turned feet, 26 cm wide, 15 cm deep, 12 cm high