Important Antique Italian Oil on Panel Painting Costume Genre Dog & Beauty Francesco Vinea, 1873 Paintings The vessel having a raised

The vessel having a raised unglazed foot

A very fine antique French Art Nouveau bronze and Champlevé Enamel jewelry box

Designed to burn whale oil which is placed into a reservoir with a lift up cover that would have four wicks

5" tall X 21

signed & numbered

Important Antique Italian Oil on Panel Painting Costume Genre Dog & Beauty Francesco Vinea, 1873 Paintings The vessel having a raisedA very good antique oil on panel costume genre painting by the celebrated Northern Italian artist, Francesco Vinea (1845 1902), the painting dated signed and dated 1873. Vinea studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and then worked as a designer of illustrated periodicals, he returned to Florence and studied under professor Enrico Pollestrini. Vinea unapologetically produced incredibly high quality humorous and whimsical scenes that were