Vintage French .800 Silver Sewing Thimble, Fontaine Fable The Milkmaid & Broken Pitcher of Milk, Farm Scene antique jewelry box Some scratches on the base

Some scratches on the base of the crystal

As mentioned

with a 4" diameter opening

and from 1870 under Arthur von Ramberg in Munich

the figure posed on a rocky base against a tree or foliage background

Vintage French .800 Silver Sewing Thimble, Fontaine Fable The Milkmaid & Broken Pitcher of Milk, Farm Scene antique jewelry box Some scratches on the baseA charming vintage French . 800 sewing thimble with a highly collectable representing a scene from the La Fontaine fables. The band features a scene from the Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk (La Laitire et le pot au Lait). Also referred to as The Milk Maid, or sometimes, The Broken Picture. It depicts, as the name suggest, a young girl crying over her broken pitcher of milk, the band further decorated with images of a farmyard scene with cows and