My great grandfather managed a small shipyard during WWI. After the war, he traveled to Europe and purchased some antiques. (circa 1925)
This is one of the items he brought back. I've searched for weeks trying to find something similar, but so far no luck.
It's about the size of a shot glass, the base is enameled (blue and lavender with painted flowers) copper, while the leaves are highly worked gold inserts covered with translucent green lacquer and seed pearls, tiny tack welds hold them to the copper. The porcelain insert appears to be hand painted.
I'd like to know what it is and where it's from. Any ideas how I might go about researching from here?
