Russian French Impressionist Watercolor Gouache Landscape with Geese Painting by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus 1930 Decorative Arts the lid having a reclining

the lid having a reclining putto

to the center is an ancient faience scarab that swivels to reveal  a hieroglyphic inscription for the 15th Century B

The bell having a brass clapper inside and can be gently rung to alert your guests that dinner is served

the doors having very unusual astragal decoration of neo-classical urns with swags & surmounted with 'Prince of Wales' fleur des lys finials

each side of the trunk having hand-forged 'rope twist' iron handles

Russian French Impressionist Watercolor Gouache Landscape with Geese Painting by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus 1930 Decorative Arts the lid having a recliningImportant Russian French Impressionist Gouache & Watercolor painting by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus ( in French Pierre Nilouss (1869 1943), signed & dated 1930. Nilus was a celebrated French Russian Imperial impressionist painter & writer of Swiss descent, please biography below. This rather beautiful Impressionistic painting depicts several flocks of geese in a pastoral landscape, with trees on the horizon and the geese portrayed in fields with red