SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) painted wood bobber ) What we know from

)  What we know from Royer's beautifully hand-lettered annotation at lower left is that the metal on the cocktail glass rendered is silver

And a custom stand to boot

and stacked square missing at lower right on the other short side

How could I resist this face

and nice yellow on yellow geometry

SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) painted wood bobber ) What we know fromThe Chinese embroidery on silk here is very lovely, but what makes this really special feeling to me is the manner in which it was cased set under heavy glass, with a deep lip, and gold trim around the edges matching the gold trim on the embroidery, which turns it into an object, I think likely meant to be used as a small tray for jewelry and the like. As such it feels quite Victorian, akin to doily lined glass boxes and domed wax worlds, and I am